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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aries" data-source="post: 3238617" data-attributes="member: 44328">I sued a general contractor a few months ago in small claims court, here is a little of what I've been told (some by lawyers).You are correct, a judgment is just a judgment, and first step is to send a copy of it to the other party and request payment.  I'm told that sometimes works, but I suspect most of the time it doesn't.  BTW, it IS a court order, but in and of itself, you can't have them arrested for ignoring it.If they don't respond, you can request a garnishment of their assets, if you know what those are.  If you have a bank account number, you can get a court order for the bank to garnish that account, or any other accounts in their name, you'd need a court order for each bank if more than one.  I assume you can get a lien on some types of property, but some property is protected.You can request an asset hearing, they will have to be served with the date and time of the hearing and basically the judge will ask them what assets they have that you can make a claim on.  If they fail to show up for the asset hearing, a warrant will be issued and if they are pulled over for some reason and checked for warrants, they will be placed under arrest and ordered to show for the asset hearing.DISCLAIMER:  I'm not a lawyer either, but I've talked to a couple over the last several months.BTW, I really feel for any of you that have to depend on neighbors as irresponsible as some of these sound.</blockquote>

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