Section 1813-A. Duty to pay judgments  


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  • (a)  Any  person,  partnership, firm or corporation which is sued in a
      commercial claims part for any  cause  of  action  arising  out  of  its
      business  activities,  shall pay any judgment rendered against it in its
      true name or in any name in which  it  conducts  business.  "True  name"
      includes  the  legal name of a natural person and the name under which a
      partnership, firm or corporation is licensed,  registered,  incorporated
      or otherwise authorized to do business. "Conducting business" as used in
      this  section shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining signs at
      business premises or on business vehicles;  advertising;  entering  into
      contracts;  and  printing  or  using  sales  slips,  checks, invoices or
      receipts. Whenever a  judgment  has  been  rendered  against  a  person,
      partnership,  firm  or  corporation  in other than its true name and the
      judgment has remained unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt  by  the
      judgment  debtor of notice of its entry, the aggrieved judgment creditor
      shall be entitled to  commence  an  action  in  commercial  claims  part
      against  such  judgment debtor, notwithstanding the jurisdictional limit
      of the court, for the sum of the original  judgment,  costs,  reasonable
      attorney's fees, and one hundred dollars.
        (b)  Whenever  a  judgment  which  relates  to  activities for which a
      license is required has  been  rendered  against  a  business  which  is
      licensed  by  a  state  or  local  licensing authority and which remains
      unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt  by  the  judgment  debtor  of
      notice  of  its  entry and the judgment has not been stayed or appealed,
      the state or local licensing authority shall consider  such  failure  to
      pay,  if  deliberate  or part of a pattern of similar conduct indicating
      recklessness, as a basis for the revocation, suspension, conditioning or
      refusal to  grant  or  renew  such  license.  Nothing  herein  shall  be
      construed  to  preempt  an  authority's  existing  policy  if it is more
      restrictive.
        (c) The clerk shall attach to the notice of suit required  under  this
      article a notice of the duty imposed by this section.