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Question by NancyD: BONUS POINTS: Lawyer Advice!?
Case History:
We gave a realtor ,000 to build a house five years ago. He did not build the house and we filed a suit against him four years ago. He dragged the suit using different tactics for four years. In July 2010, we ultimately won triple damages suit for fraud and got a judgement of 6,000. The our attorney asked him to give us his info on assets and accounts which he did not provide. Then our attorney got an order to give us info otherwise face arrest- He did not reply- now our attorney is filing in the court for the issuance of the arrest warrant for him. Now, my question is while we are waiting for the arrest warrant, what rights do we have under law to get info on him, through city, state and federal organizations like IRS, Social Security office and more under the judgement. Should we contact a Collection Agency? How we can make sure that he pays the judgement? What steps our attorney needs to take now for quick recovery other than waiting for arrest warrant? What can we as individuals can and should do for the collection of the judgement amount as we are into the sixth years?

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Best answer:

Answer by cactusgene
You can hire a collection agency, but they will most likely charge a 33-1/3% commission. And most are not very good at their job on top of that. If that Realtor owns some property, record your judgment in the county of his real estate holdings. Then you can go to the Sheriff and request a Sheriff’s sale to enforce the judgment. Either someone bids at the sale and you get your cash, or you can bid on it using your judgment as money and become its new owner, subject to any underlying liens.

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