New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle D - Forms
Chapter IX - Forms For Commercial Claims Parts Of Court
Form UCS-120 - Notification of commercial claims judgment
UCS-120 (Rev. 11/90)
Notification of Commercial Claims Judgment
________ Court of ________ C.C.# ________
Re: Claimant ____________
vs.
Defendant ____________
DECISION
After Trial/Inquest, the decision in the above action is as follows:
A. ________ Judgment in favor of Claimant.
Award amount $________
Interest $________
Costs $________
Disbursements $________
B. ________ Judgment in favor of Defendant dismissing claim. No monetary award. (Information below and on the reverse side is not applicable.)
(See information below and on reverse for details.)
Date ________ By:
_____________
Judge/Arbitrator
............
INFORMATION FOR THE JUDGMENT CREDITOR
(the party in whose favor a money judgment has been entered)
1. Contact the judgment debtor (either the party your sued or that party's attorney if the party was represented by an attorney) and request payment directly.
2. If the judgment debtor fails to pay within 30 days, then contact (by phone or in person) either a City Marshal or the Sheriff in the county where the judgment debtor (the party who owes you money) may have property. If you do not know where the judgment debtor has property, then you must contact a City Marshal or the Sheriff in the county where the judgment debtor resides.
3. Be prepared to provide the City Marshal or the Sheriff with the following information:
a) The CC# of your case, which appears above, including the year and the county in which the case was tried.
b) Your name, address and telephone number.
c) The name and address of the judgment debtor.
d) Your knowledge, if any, of the name and address of the judgment debtor's employer.
Fees paid by you (the judgment creditor) to the City Marshall or to the Sheriff in an attempt to collect the judgment will be added to the total judgment.
4. In addition to these rights, a judgment creditor may:
a) request the issuance by the Commercial Claims Clerk, at nominal cost, of information subpoenas where a judgment remains unsatisfied for 30 days;
b) bring an action to recover an unpaid judgment through the sale of the judgment debtor's real or personal property;
c) bring an action to recover an unpaid judgment through suspension of the judgment debtor's motor vehicle license and registration, if the underlying claim is based on the debtor's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle; and
d) notify the appropriate state or local licensing authority of an unsatisfied judgment as a basis for possible revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of a business license.
THE JUDGMENT IS VALID FOR A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS. IF THE JUDGMENT IS NOT COLLECTED UPON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT MAY BE MADE AT A LATER DATE.
INFORMATION FOR THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR
(the party against whom a money judgment has been entered)
YOU HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PAY THIS JUDGMENT.
Your failure to pay the judgment may subject you to any one or a combination of the following:
a) garnishment of wages;
b) garnishment of bank accounts;
c) a lien on real and/or personal property;
d) seizure and sale of real property;
e) seizure and sale of personal property, including automobiles;
f) suspension of motor vehicle license and registration, if claim is based on judgment debtor's ownership or operation of a motor vehicle; and
g) revocation, suspension, or denial of renewal of any applicable business license or permit.
THE JUDGMENT IS VALID FOR A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS. IF THE JUDGMENT IS NOT COLLECTED UPON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO COLLECT MAY BE MADE AT A LATER DATE.
SPECIAL INFORMATION REGARDING DEFAULT JUDGMENTS
If you did not appear in court on the day the trial was held, you are defaulting party. A judgment may have been taken against you even though you were not in court. If that is so, you may apply to the court in writing and ask to have the default judgment opened. You must give the judge a reasonable excuse for your failure to appear in court. The judge may open your default judgment and give you another chance to go to court.
