California businesses often have the unenviable task of taking a client or customer to court in order to receive payment owed to them. Receiving a judgment from the court specifying the amount owed to a particular business from another party may seem like a victory, but there is still more work to be done. Collecting on that judgment may require using a...
Month: October 2020
Obtaining a wage garnishment for payment of a judgment
After receiving a judgment from a California court against someone who owes your business, you need to decide where to go from here. Enforcing a judgment can prove just as problematic as securing one. One option you may use to collect the money owed to you in connection with the judgment is through a wage garnishment. The process seems simple. You use the...
Collecting from a business that has filed for bankruptcy
Few things are more frustrating than having a business owe you money only for the company to file for bankruptcy. You may have done everything in your power to recover your financials. Unfortunately, bankruptcy protection can limit your options going forward. However, that doesn’t mean you have no recourse. You will have to file a claim When a business...
Debt collection varies depending on if it is secured or unsecured
Perhaps a California business owner has attempted to receive payment from a customer by sending additional invoices and making calls, but to no avail. It has now reached the point where debt collection efforts need to become more formal. Before embarking on a particular course of action, it would help to know whether the debt is secured or unsecured. As...
How fair play and the modern world are reshaping debt collection
Few people will sympathize with anyone writing or calling them for money. But debt collectors serve a necessary role in balancing the financial sector’s basic tenants of fair play. What if exploding technology outpaces rules for retrieving what is legally owed and protecting consumers from overzealousness? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently...