A judgment lien takes affect the day of the judement, HOWEVER, it must be recorded right away. If a subsequent judgment lien is recorded first then the first judgment lien would lose it's place in Massachusetts and become second in priority. Massachusetts is a "race notice" state. The first one to record the document in the land records wins!
Filing for bankruptcy will have no effect on any judgement that has been applied against your dirvers license.
In Colorado it is six years form the time the debt becomes delinquent. It doesn't matter if the debt if verbal, written, open, etc.
Yes. Follow the rules in your state for filing a judgment.
they are removed by the act of filing a satisfaction of judgment with the county clerks office
If you wish to reply you must address your reply to the court either in person or by filing a motion (and you'd better be fast - 10 days goes by quickly) which addresses the subject matter of the judgment. However, if you have no defense and/or agree with the judgment, simply do nothing and the judgment will automatically take effect.
I contacted IRS and had a transcript sent to me, but have problems now filing the state side of things because the transcript sent does not give the amounts paid into the state for their tax.
unless the judgment is for damages from: intentional tort, fraud, drunk driving, spouse/child support, they yes your judgment will be discharged
Basically, a default judgment is something you did NOT argue about in court by filing answers to the Summons and Complaint, and the Summary Judgment is something you did argue about IN COURT.
Yes. It is the most common reason for filing for bankruptcy. If the judgment creditor had an execution issued and attached any equity in your home, you may have a problem.
File a motion to vacate based on that fact. After the judgment is entered there is a SOL for filing that motion.
In general, no. You should write your own motion.
The judgment is not "removed" but the judgment creditor is barred by the discharge from collecting on the judgment. Filing a c. 7 will stay the collection, but if the case is dismissed before a discharge is granted, the judgment is enforceable. If the judgment involves intentional harm or drunk driving or certain other limited situations, the discharge does not prevent collection on the judgment.