What is foreign judgement?
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What is foreign judgement?
When we applied for refinancing. It seems that we have a foreign judgement against us. from a college. We never took any course there. How do we find out more about it?
Asked on November 21, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, New Jersey
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S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
A foreign judgment is the judgment of a court in another state. If you know in which court the judgment against you was obtained, you can have someone go to that court and look in the court's computer for your name under defendants in the plaintiff/defendant index. This will give you the case number. Once you have or your representative has the case number, present the case number to the court clerk and ask for the file. You or your representative can look at the case file at the court, but cannot remove it from the court. You or your representative can ask the court clerk to photocopy the entire file or if you only want part of the file, the part or parts that you request for photocopying. If you already know the case number, then it is not necessary for you or your representative to look in the court's computer. Just give the case number to the court clerk and ask to see the file. There is a brief form the court requires you or your representative to complete before the court clerk will provide the file. The court clerk has that form or it may just be on the counter at the court.
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