Pay Judgment Within 28 Days In Chicago
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Consumer debt judgments entered after January 1, 2020 last 7 years and can be revived once for another 7 years. The creditor must ask the court to revive the judgment before 10 years have passed since it was first entered. This gives the creditor a total of 17 years to collect.
A court judgment must be recorded with the Recorder of Deeds in the county where the property is located in Illinois before it can be enforced. Even if the property is situated in the same county as the judgment, the creditor must record the judgment.
And even if the party being sued does respond, many times there is not much of a defense that can be made. 10 days following the judgment, the creditor becomes a judgment creditor and can begin the wage garnishment process.
A "Default Judgment" is similar to a Judge's order in that it can be used to place a lien on your property, garnish your wages and/or affect your credit. The city usually requests that the maximum fine be imposed in default matters.
After getting the judgment, a creditor can learn about the debtor's financial resources by issuing a Citation to Discover Assets. Creditors can use our Citation to discover assets to debtor Easy Form and Collect a judgment from debtor's bank or employer Easy Form programs to prepare these documents.
Illinois law governs the time limit for enforcing judgment and states “no judgment shall be enforced after the expiration of 7 years from the time the same is rendered.”1 The same statute allows the 7-year limitation period to be extended “upon the revival of the judgment by a proceeding.”
How does a creditor go about getting a judgment lien in Illinois? To attach a lien, if the debtor's property is located in the same county where the judgment was entered, the creditor files the judgment with the county recorder.
