West Virginia Judgment

A simple default doesn't mean you legally owe a certain amount of money. A default judgment identifies the amount you owe the plaintiff. You don't want this to happen because a default judgment makes you a judgment debtor. Plaintiff may use all sorts of legal procedures to legally take your money and property.

After you notify the defendant of the judgment, you can begin to enforce the judgment. Your judgment might be for money, repossession, eviction, foreclosure, or any number of things. In any case, your rights at this point would be the same as if you had gone to trial and won.

Once a default is entered, the defendant is no longer able to file a response or otherwise participate in the case. When the default is entered, you may also ask the court to enter a judgment in your favor.

Go to the Magistrate Clerk's office in the county where your problem is located and ask for a Civil Complaint. You can also find the Civil Complaint online. Fill in your name and address. Then fill in the defendant's name and address.

You do not have to attend court. Generally, the court will give you default judgment if the notice of motion and affidavit of service show: 200bthat the defendant was properly served with the statement of claim. that it has been more than 28 days since the date of service.

If you do not think the default judgment was appropriately entered against you, you must file a motion with the court asking the judge to set aside (void or nullify) the judgment. If the judge grants your motion, the case starts back up again.

Generally, if a defendant fails to respond to a complaint you can get a default judgment after 45 days. However, the court system is very slow these days and it can take several months to get the court to issue the default judgment.

A default judgment means that the court has decided that you owe money. This a result of the person suing you in small claims court and you failed to appear at the hearing.