fairlady asked:
I’m a small apt.mgr & this question seems to be coming up more frequently…when one leaves the property (after eviction) and owes money & then comes to try to pay the owner later, what does one do? and even if they do pay what they owed, is it possible to get the eviction off court records? even if one just was unlawfully detaining the unit & didnt owe the money, can one contact the court? or is it permenant?
**** websites would also be helpful, if anyone knows of one
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
HOBSON
I’m a small apt.mgr & this question seems to be coming up more frequently…when one leaves the property (after eviction) and owes money & then comes to try to pay the owner later, what does one do? and even if they do pay what they owed, is it possible to get the eviction off court records? even if one just was unlawfully detaining the unit & didnt owe the money, can one contact the court? or is it permenant?
**** websites would also be helpful, if anyone knows of one
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
HOBSON
LAKE
Once the money is paid, or if there is no money owed, the judgment is considered satisfied. The plaintiff (or the plaintiff’s lawyer) is required to get the judgments marked as satisfied once everything is taken care of.
For example, you evict someone and include damages. Two years later they come and pay the damages. You should provide them with a receipt for the money they paid you and either 1- contact your lawyer to get the judgment marked as satisfied or 2 – go to the courts yourself and get it marked satisfied.
This will not remove the record from the defendant’s credit report, it will just show it as being satisfied. After 7 years (not 100% sure about that timeframe) the item will disappear from their credit report.
As a landlord I let tenants know that once an eviction comes up on their credit report they will have a hard time ever getting someone to rent to them and should they ever decide to purchase a house I know I’ll get paid. No mortgage lender will give a loan for a property that I can file a lein against.
Posted by Patrick on January 24th, 2010.