Preserve your ability to recover on an old judgment
As Miracle Max noted in The Princess Bride: “There’s a big difference between all dead and mostly dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.” So it is with Colorado judgments, which come with an expiration date that can be extended so long as the judgment is still in the “slightly alive” category. A county court judgment remains enforceable for six years and a district court judgment for twenty years. A judgment lien, which secures a creditor’s right to collect from the equity in a judgment debtor’s real property, is valid for six years and is secured by recording a transcript of the judgment with the county’s clerk and recorder’s office. These expiration dates can be extended, however, through a procedure known as revival.… » Read the full post
