SOL on Garnishments

Date: Wed, 09/02/2009 - 19:59

Submitted by anonymous
on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 19:59

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Hi community. Just have a question. When a CA takes you to court and obtains a judgement to garnish wages, how long do they have to enforce the judgement? What if you don't work? Does the judgement start when you obtain a job?
Thanks.

Depending on your state, the SOL for judgements can be as long a

Depending on your state, the SOL for judgements can be as long as 20 years. Sooner or later you'll get a job and they will be right there to take their share, again, depending on the state. Some states don't allow wage garnishment.

lrhall41

Submitted by on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 21:51

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Well, most of the time Sol on judgment is renewable, i.e. the CA

Well, most of the time Sol on judgment is renewable, i.e. the CA can keep renewing it and it may stay on your report for a very long period.

lrhall41

Submitted by on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 02:06

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judgments

To answer your question, the limitations on a judgment begins when the judgment is "entered" in the court records. But they do last a long time and can usually be renewed. The collector can attempt to collect at any time, without warning, and can either garnish wages if they can find your job or execute on (take) bank accounts if they can find them.

Under the Credit Reporting Act, though, negative information on your file can only last seven years.

lrhall41

Submitted by Kenneth Gibert on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 09:22

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