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That is a very good question. Typically when you get a judgment against you you don't pay the attorneys you pay the plaintiff and they do have to tell you where to make your payments too.
Was Citibank the plaintiff or was it a collection agency that was suing you? If it's a collection agency and Citibank sold the right to collect then that is why Citibank doesn't have any records.
My advice in this situation would be to talk to a lawyer in your state who specializes in collections law. Most lawyers give a free initial consultation before asking you to pay them, and there is also my favorite free legal advice website www.lawguru.com.

lvnv funding, llc assignee of citibank is the plaintiff. they have put a lien on my house that im trying to sell. and i cant contact them. doing everything to find a phone number for them but I am coming up short

The plaintiff was a collection agency Citibank sold it too then. I find it very strange that they would take the trouble to sue you, get a lien on your house, then disappear or at least not give you a way to get in touch with them. My gut feeling is that something fishy is going on and you definitely need some more specific legal advice than I can give you.

LVNV is a Junk Debt Buyer, which is why Citibank doesn't have any records. They are part of the Resurgent/Sherman companies hydra. Check the budhibbs.com site to see if there is contact info.

thanks

I know. I thought they would say the new number is or something. And I need to contact them by tues so I can try to settle and get this lien off so I can sell my house. this is holding me up big time

This entire situation stinks. LVNV are a bunch of crooks. It is a shame you missed that date and they obtained a defualt judgment. If the amount is over $1500 or so I would advise obtaining an attorney and attempting to over turn the judgment if possible. I doubt they can validate the debt and the debt is also out of the SOL probably but none of that matters unless you can get out of the judgment. If it is under $1500 you can try to do these things on your own to save the lawyer fees or you can try to settle with LVNV for less than the $1500.

What you can also do is if you succeed in vacating judgment due to their strange behavior is ask for your court costs and attorney fees as damages. Vacating judgments and/or appeals are complicated, enough that there are lawyers who specialize in civil appeals. At the very least, I recommend consulting a lawyer about your possibilities. Most attorneys give free initial consultations and many lawyers are adjusting their fees so that you only pay for the services you actually use.