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Adverse credit history, collections and defaulted accounts that were not settled through a debt repayment program (i.e. orderly payment of debt, credit counselling, consumer proposal), are removed automatically from your credit report after six years from the date the account first went delinquent.
On application a default judgment where the plaintiff has agreed in writing can be rescinded or varied. “On application” means that the applicant needs to serve on the plaintiff a copy of the application and file with the clerk of the court the application.
If default judgment has been entered incorrectly then the court will set it aside, although an application will usually need to be made.
2809. (1) Unless subsection (2) or (3) applies, a judgment lien expires 5 years after the date it is recorded. (2) Unless subsection (3) applies, if a judgment lien is rerecorded under subsection (4), the judgment lien expires 5 years after the date it is rerecorded.
Michigan's civil statute of limitations allows: Three years for personal injuries. Up to six years for fraud, trespassing, collection of rent, contracts, and debt collection. Ten years for judgments.
The Fact About Michigan Debt Collection Laws and the Statute of Limitation. ing to Michigan law, your creditor has up to 6 years (from the date of your last payment) to collect on a debt, including obtaining a judgment on the debt.
Judgments expire. If you don't collect your judgment before it expires, you lose the legal right to collect it. The clock on the expiration date is stopped while the judgment debtor is paying a judgment in installments. A judgment from a Small Claims case expires six years after it is issued.
Michigan law offers creditors another advantage in that there are no limits to the number of times a judgment can be renewed. That is not necessarily the case with other states. In a few states, judgments can only be renewed a certain number of times before they automatically expire. Not so in Michigan.
After a default has been taken, a judgment can be taken by either submitting documentation with a declaration as to the truth of the documents, or by having a prove-up hearing, where testimony is taken and documents are submitted. So the answer is yes. They can't execute the judgment without finding you, though.
While debt collectors can no longer have you jailed or threaten to have you arrested for not paying your debts, there are a few instances in which you can be incarcerated with debt as the underlying cause. For example, a debt collector can sue you and, if you fail to comply with court orders, you could get jail time.