New York's Confession of Judgment (COJ) law, codified in N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 3218, is a powerful legal tool that allows creditors to obtain judgments without going through standard court proceedings.
Under CPLR § 5402(a), to recognize a foreign judgment, a judgment creditor must: (1) file the foreign judgment within 90 days of the date of the judgment's authentication in the office of any county clerk of the state; and (2) file an affidavit, stating (i) that the judgment was not obtained by default in appearance or ...
The requirements are as follows: Notarized Affidavit of Defendant. Stating Sum for Which Judgment May be Entered. State County of Residence or Where Entry Authorized. State Facts Out of Which Debt Arose. Contingent liability. Entry of judgment.
Judgments may be classified as in personam, in rem, or quasi in rem. An in personam, or personal, judgment, the type most commonly rendered by courts, imposes a personal liability or obligation upon a person or group to some other person or group.
Self-represented winning parties must come to court to have the clerk prepare and enter their judgments. The clerk needs your court file to prepare the judgment. To find out where to request the “entry of judgment” in your county, refer to Locations.
The Satisfaction of Judgment form must be filed in the Court that entered the judgment, but if a Transcript of Judgment was filed in the County Clerk's office, it must be filed there; and. Mail a copy of the Satisfaction within 10 days to the debtor; and.
The statute of limitations for collecting on a New York judgment is 20 years, which starts the day the judgment creditor is first able to collect on the judgment.
You should contact an enforcement officer in the county where the judgment debtor has property. If you do not know where the judgment debtor has property, then contact an enforcement officer in the county where the judgment debtor resides.