Judgment Against Property With No In Contra Costa
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If you were sued and lost because you did not appear in court, you can file an SC-135 Notice of Motion to Vacate Judgment. By filing this motion, you are asking the court to cancel the judgment entered against you and to give you a new trial.
A “set aside” in simple terms means that a court vacates or voids a prior order, as if the order never existed. Before a court will “set aside” a judgment or order, there must be a clear statutory basis for the set aside, and facts that warrant the order vacated.
Section 663a - Motion to set aside and vacate judgment (a) A party intending to make a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment, as described in Section 663, shall file with the clerk and serve upon the adverse party a notice of his or her intention, designating the grounds upon which the motion will be made, and ...
'Vacating' or 'setting aside' is used when referring to nullifying a specific judgment from the judge (in this case, a guilty or 'no contest' judgment).
Enforcing Your Judgment Below are the legal steps that you may take to collect your judgment in the order in which you may want to proceed: Get in touch with the judgment debtor. Levy (seize) assets that you have personal knowledge of. Examine judgment debtor in court to locate unknown assets.
Judgements can become a first lien against a property. Lenders generally want to be first lien when it comes to mortgages. So yes, it will be deal breaker for most mortgage companies. I've seen mortgages get denied because of a $6000 judgement.
How can I find out if I have a warrant for my arrest? We do not provide warrant information to the public. Contact the court of jurisdiction, or your local law enforcement agency.
If you are: a person (this includes sole-proprietors) you may claim up to $12,500; if you are a Corporation, limited liability company or partnership, you may claim up to $6,250.
Serve the tenant with the appropriate written notice (there are several types of notices, and the one a landlord serves the tenant with must be appropriate to the specific case circumstances) Wait for the time period in the notice to end. File an Unlawful Detainer action if the tenant does not do what the notice asks.
Most judgments (the court order saying what you're owed) expire in 10 years. This means you can't collect on it after 10 years. To avoid this, you can ask the court to renew it. A renewal lasts 10 years.
