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Judgment Enforcement – The Step-by-Step Course

My first attorney experience

A JD brought an attorney to one of my first JDXs. JD was a woman who had scammed a JC out of
a home. The attorney’s first words showed his surprise: “We didn’t know there’d be a court
reporter?” I just shrugged and bid him to have a seat. We were in the hallway, and it was
uncomfortable for the JD being questioned in front of people passing by.

A number of times the attorney frowned and shook his head, and scolded me, saying,
“You can’t ask that question.” I said, “Let’s let the judge decide.” He backed off then.
He was a major grump-faced lawyer and complainer the whole time.

But when I got back to my office, there was a message on my message from the same
attorney: “You did well, Peter, and I have judgment for you.” And, indeed, I was
assigned a 40K judgment against an owner of a local collection company. Yep, I enforced it. One
of my easiest, in fact.

Other things to know

✓ There are limits to how often you can bring a JD or witness in on a JDX. Usually every 4
months or so, but check your state’s codes on that.
✓ In CA (and maybe some other states) service of the JDX places an automatic 1-year-lien on

all of the JD’s personal property.
✓ In some states, at the end of the JDX, if you have located assets of the JD, you can request
that they be turned over to you right there, or to the sheriff. You make a request for a
“turnover order” which you should already have with you. (See Peter’s Course Files on the
Forum.)

Repeat: The JDX is one of the biggest arrows in our quivers. We should know how and when to
use it, and which important docs to subpoena. I provide a handy list of questions and items to
subpoena on the Forum.

What’s next? A special note on Fraud. Don’t miss it.

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