Obtain copies of divorce records 201 North First Street. San Jose, CA 95113. (408) 882-2926. santaclaraurts.ca.
If Santa Clara is the county, then you can come down to our Record's Division at the DTS Courthouse in downtown San Jose, and request that we pull the will for you to see. We need to know the full name of the deceased and the year that the individual died.
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.
Write the name and last known address of the judgment debtor in the space provided. You may also include any known aliases used by the judgment debtor. Fill in the last 4 digits of the judgment debtor's driver license number and state where it was issued, if you know them.
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.
Once the recorder's office has recorded the Abstract of Judgment, it officially becomes a lien on the real property the debtor owns in the county now or may acquire later.
Any time you win a lawsuit, you can put a lien on the defendant's real estate by recording an Abstract of Judgment in the Recorder's Office of the county where the real estate is located.
An involuntary lien can occur without your knowledge, depending on the circumstances. A creditor often places a judgment lien after suing you and winning the case.
The document number is a unique number assigned by the Recorder's Office to identify a particular document. The first part is a year prefix that indicates the year in which the document was recorded.