Practical Skills: Debt Collection & Judgment Enforcement (NY)
- Publisher:
- New York State Bar Association
- Publication date:
- 2021-04-30
- ISBN:
- 978-1-57969-123-3
Index
- I. Preface
- II. Forwarders
- III. Commercial Law League of America and Law Lists
- lV. Attorney Fees
- V. Fees For Defending A Counterclaim
- VI. Disbursements
- VII. Receiving the Claim
- VIII. Evaluating the Claim
- lX. Evaluating the Debtor
- A. Client'sFile
- B. Directories
- C. Court Records
- D. Employment Confirmation
- E. Law Journals
- F. Previous Experience
- G. Private Detectives
- H. Local Sheriff'sOffice
- I. Asset Locate Firms
- J. Online Search Engines
- X. Identifying the Debtor
- XI. Restrictions on Debt Collection
- A. New York Regulations
- B. Communication in Connection with Debt Collection Under the Fdcpa
- C. Fdcpa Update
- D. False Or Misleading Representations
- E. Unfair Practices
- F. Claims Against Estates
- XII. Alternatives To Litigation
- A. Confessions of Judgment
- B. Stipulations of Settlement
- C. Arbitration
- XIII. Instituting Suit
- A. Jurisdictional Limits
- B. Where Defendant Can Be Served
- C. Venue
- D. Consumer Credit Transactions
- E. Open-End Credit Transaction—Original Creditor Plaintiff
- F. Commercial Divisions of Supreme Court
- XIV. Preparing the Pleadings
- A. Summons with Notice
- B. Summons with Endorsed Complaint
- C. Summons and Complaint
- D. Verification
- E. Summons and Motion For Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint
- XV. Service of Process
- A. Who May Serve and When
- B. Service of Process Upon A Natural Person
- C. Service Upon A Corporation Or Limited Liability Company
- D. Personal Service Upon A Partnership
- E. Personal Service Outside New York State
- F. Affidavit of Service
- G. Filing of Proof of Service
- H. "Additional Notice" Required to be Filed in Some Cases
- I. Personal Service By Mail
- J. Time To Answer
- XVI. Entry of Default Judgment
- A. Rules For the District Courts
- B. Severance
- C. Interest Rates
- XVII. Pre-Judgment Remedies
- Debt Collection—Index of Forms
- I. Introduction
- A. Compliance with Consumer Protection Statutes
- B. General Overview of Cplr Article 52
- II. Obtaining Information To Enforce the Judgment
- A. Important Factors
- B. Information Subpoena—Cplr 5224
- C. Subpoena Duces Tecum—Cplr 5224
- D. Contempt/Compel Compliance
- III. Actions Against Property
- A. Judicial Liens on Real Property
- B. Restraining Notice
- C. Property Execution
- D. Turnover Proceeding
- E. Income Execution
- F. Exemptions
- lV. Miscellaneous Provisions
- A. Civil Arrest
- B. Modification Or Other Determinations
- C. Satisfactions of Judgment
- Judgment Enforcement—Index of Forms