Section 1811. Notice of small claims judgments and indexing of unpaid claims  


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  • (a) Notice of judgment sent to judgment debtor shall  specify  that  a
      failure  to  satisfy  a  judgment  may  subject the debtor to any one or
      combination of the following actions:
        1. garnishment of wage;
        2. garnishment of bank account;
        3. a lien on personal property;
        4. seizure and sale of real property;
        5. seizure and sale of personal property, including automobiles;
        6. suspension of motor vehicle license and registration, if  claim  is
      based on defendant's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle;
        7.  revocation,  suspension,  or  denial  of renewal of any applicable
      business license or permit;
        8.  investigation  and  prosecution  by  the  attorney   general   for
      fraudulent or illegal business practices; and
        9.  a  penalty  equal  to  three  times  the amount of the unsatisfied
      judgment plus attorney's fees, if there are other unpaid claims.
        (b) Notice of judgment sent to judgment creditor shall contain but not
      be limited to the following information:
        1. the claimant's right to payment within thirty  days  following  the
      debtor's receipt of the judgment notice;
        2.  the  procedures for use of section eighteen hundred twelve of this
      article concerning the identification of assets of the judgment  debtor,
      including  the  use  of information subpoenas, access to consumer credit
      reports and the role of sheriffs and marshals, and  actions  to  collect
      three  times  the  judgment  award  and attorney's fees if there are two
      other unsatisfied claims against the debtor;
        3. the claimant's right to initiate  actions  to  recover  the  unpaid
      judgment  through  the  sale  of the debtor's real property, or personal
      property;
        4. the claimant's right to initiate  actions  to  recover  the  unpaid
      judgment  through  suspension  of  debtor's  motor  vehicle  license and
      registration, if claim is based on defendant's ownership or operation of
      a motor vehicle;
        5. the claimant's right to  notify  the  appropriate  state  or  local
      licensing  or certifying authority of an unsatisfied judgment as a basis
      for possible revocation, suspension, or denial of  renewal  of  business
      license; and
        6.  a statement that upon satisfying the judgment, the judgment debtor
      shall present appropriate proof thereof to the court; and
        7. the claimant's right to notify the attorney general if  the  debtor
      is  a  business  and  appears  to  be  engaged  in fraudulent or illegal
      business practices.
        (c) Notice of judgment sent to each party shall include the  following
      statement: "An appeal from this judgment must be taken no later than the
      earliest  of the following dates: (i) thirty days after receipt in court
      of a copy of the judgment by the appealing party, (ii) thirty days after
      personal delivery of a copy of the judgment  by  another  party  to  the
      action  to  the  appealing  party  (or by the appealing party to another
      party), or (iii) thirty-five days after the mailing of  a  copy  of  the
      judgment  to the appealing party by the clerk of the court or by another
      party to the action."
        (d) All wholly or partially unsatisfied small claims  court  judgments
      shall  be  indexed  alphabetically and chronologically under the name of
      the judgment debtor. Upon satisfying the judgment, the  judgment  debtor
      shall  present  appropriate  proof  to  the  court  and  the court shall
      indicate such in the records.