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Judgment captions are the words and formatting near the top on the first page of every filed court document. Captions lists the court, the jurisdiction, the case number, and the original names of the plaintiff(s) and defendants(s). Within the caption section at the top of the first page, there is room for the court to stamp its endorsement, after the document or form is stamped and accepted by the court. This article is my opinion and is not, legal advice. I am a judgment broker, and not a lawyer. If you ever want a strategy to use or legal advice, you should contact a lawyer. Most courts require a caption, the top part of the beginning document page, to be separated to the right and left. On the top left side of captions, is the name of the plaintiff or their lawyer representing them; and the contact information. Next, are the plaintiff and defendant names, separated by a "v." The right side identifies the docket and/or case number, and if known, the presiding judge's name. The remaining part of captions are usually in capital letters. Next is the type of court (e.g., District Court), the county and state. Most often, the last part of captions, in capital and bold letters, are the results (judge or commissioner signing) that is being asked for, as an example: DECLARATION, AFFIDAVIT OF IDENTITY, Proposed ORDER, AND POINTS OF AUTHORITIES. The names listed on the caption on a judgment have nothing to do with who owes money on the judgment or how much they owe. A caption of James VS Nguyen might be at the top of a judgment that specifies only Clark liable to pay the judgment. A caption could name five defendants and four plaintiffs, and the body of that judgment (some place) could specify only one defendant owes one plaintiff. A caption of some other judgment could have 20 plaintiffs and defendants, yet the judgment just specified that one plaintiff owe money to three judgment debtors. Somewhere within the body of a judgment will be an explanation about who owes how much. Most judgments are crystal clear and directly specify who owes what; or after several subtotals are identified in the body of the judgment, include summaries which clearly identifies what's owed by each debtor. Some judgments are vague, and certain ones spread the details on what is owed into many places on several pages without a summary. If a summary is missing about who owes what, a lot of time can be wasted in every post-judgment enforcement procedure. Each time, it can take hours of debate with court clerks, and sometimes also a decision from a judge, to figure out what the judgment really meant. Each state and court has their specific laws and rules about how documents must be formatted, including which court document captions must include. Depending on the court and clerk, a mistake in the caption formatting or words, or with any other section of a court document or pleading, might result in being rejected by the court clerk. Worse than that, a mistake initially accepted by the court clerk might later open the door that could let the opposite side convince some judge to quash your filing or motion. http://www.JudgmentBuy.com - Judgment Enforcement. The free, easiest, fastest, and best chance to collect your judgment money in all 50 states for 33% or less, international for 50%. Mark D. Shapiro - Why assign your judgment?
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