Re: SOL on judgement from another state

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Posted by Bob on May 19, 2001 at 17:31:01:

In Reply to: SOL on judgement from another state posted by hdodson on May 18, 2001 at 08:30:44:

There are two different kinds of statutes of limitation for civil matters.

The first is the time limit for a creditor to file a lawsuit.

If they do sue you, and obtain a judgement, there is a different, usually longer time limit for them to collect on it before it expires. Sometimes, a judgement can be renewed to extend the collection time limit.

Since the creditor has already obtained a judgement in the old state, they probably can't sue you again in the new state. They might be able to transfer the judgement or something if they were eager to go after your assets in the new state. But the risk of that may depend on whether they know where you are, and whether they think it is worth the effort and expense.

This site has a chart with the time limits for collection of judgements in various states (in your case, the relevant state would be the one where the lawsuit was originally filed, and where the judgement was originally obtained:

Time Limits For Collection Of Lawsuit Judgements

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: There are two different kinds of statutes of limitation for civil matters. : The first is the time limit for a creditor to file a lawsuit. : If they do sue you, and obtain a judgement, there is a different, usually longer time limit for them to collect on it before it expires. Sometimes, a judgement can be renewed to extend the collection time limit. : Since the creditor has already obtained a judgement in the old state, they probably can't sue you again in the new state. They might be able to transfer the judgement or something if they were eager to go after your assets in the new state. But the risk of that may depend on whether they know where you are, and whether they think it is worth the effort and expense. : This site has a chart with the time limits for collection of judgements in various states (in your case, the relevant state would be the one where the lawsuit was originally filed, and where the judgement was originally obtained:

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