Exempt property includes most of what you need to live: Household items, up to $30,000 for a single person and $60,000 for a family. Vehicles, one for each licensed driver in the house. Your homestead, up to 10 acres urban property (single or family) and up to 100 acres rural (single) and 200 acres (family).
Judgments awarded in Texas to a non-government creditor are generally valid for ten years but can be renewed for longer. If a judgment is not renewed, it will become dormant. A creditor can request to revive a dormant judgment to continue to try and collect the debt.
Do judgments expire in Texas? Judgments awarded in Texas to a non-government creditor are generally valid for ten years but can be renewed for longer. If a judgment is not renewed, it will become dormant. A creditor can request to revive a dormant judgment to continue to try and collect the debt.
The statute of limitations on debt in Texas is four years.
CALIFORNIA. A judgment and any lien created by an execution on the judgment expires ten years after the date of the entry of the judgment. Cal. Civ.
What does it mean to be "judgment proof"? If you do not have any assets that are not exempt from seizure, such as your primary place of residence, household items, your car, and the tools of your trade, someone who has obtained a judgment against you may be unable to collect on it.
If your local courts do not have an online record search system or if only some of them do, you can try calling your court and asking the clerks there to check their records for a judgment (or active case) naming you as a defendant.
In Texas, there are three primary legal tools by which you as the defendant can overturn a default judgment: Filing a motion to set aside the default judgment. Filing a restricted appeal. Filing a bill of review.
A) An Abstract of Judgment puts a lien on any real property the defendant may own in a particular county or counties where the Abstract is recorded. This can be obtained after the final judgment has been signed.
An abstract of judgment is a document that is filed in the property records of a county. This filing provides details about the judgment and about the debtor so that it can be properly indexed.