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Hunting the most dangerous game: a dude's assets.
Dr. Frenchenstein
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So to continue the ongoing saga of me getting fucked, the guy i sued a couple years ago has apparently skipped town. There is a warrant for his arrest, in relation to my judgement against him, but apparently it's really hard to get a warrant served out of state. He's in North Carolina apparently. anyways, my (now-ex) lawyer mentioned the guy may have some property in the city, and if it's owned outright, I might be able to force a sale, and get some restitution.
My lawyer is a douche, and i don't want to give him another dime so i want to do this on my own. I filed for the body attachment myself, so why not this?! I checked the SDAT database, and i can find who owns a certain property, but i can't seem to do a reverse lookup to see what other property he owns. I think you can with a company, but not an individual (that i can see anyways). I know where his property is (Baltimore City) but i don't know the address, if there is one. anyone have any ideas?
My lawyer is a douche, and i don't want to give him another dime so i want to do this on my own. I filed for the body attachment myself, so why not this?! I checked the SDAT database, and i can find who owns a certain property, but i can't seem to do a reverse lookup to see what other property he owns. I think you can with a company, but not an individual (that i can see anyways). I know where his property is (Baltimore City) but i don't know the address, if there is one. anyone have any ideas?
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Verify it with the SDAT for baltimore.
Edit: I also can't count the number of times I've been called in to fix things that people thought they could do themselves, and so royally fucked up that they ended up screwing themselves out of a lot more money in the long run than had they just hired a [competent] attorney in the first place.
Let me know if that link doesn't work, I can find more I think.
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Also, the judgement is already in, i've won. I'm pretty sure it's just doing research and filing paperwork at this point. Also, i have a few lawyer friends who are willing to help me with the proper paperwork.
Holy shit Bowen, he owns like 8 houses according to that site! i'll verify with SDAT (and see if i can find lien info, or whatever) and see what i need to do to try and force a sale.
County clerks always got me further than state stuff when I was doing that kind of thing.
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I have another case going, and that lawyer seems good enough.
i do take issue with the legal system however, because it's wide open to bleed a middle class guy like me dry with last minute postponements, and horseshit vacated judgements though.
apparently i need to get an abstract of title, i hope not for each property. would Accurint do that? I'm willing to pay for that service, because it sounds like it has to be done by a lawyer) just not my lawyer.
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How is there a warrant for his arrest in relation to your civil judgement against him? Just curious.
If you go long enough without paying your bills and don't show up to court and don't pay your civil fines like those kinds of judgements you're actually breaking the law. If it's been shown you can and have the ability to pay them, and you don't have pay to dock (like you own a lot of assets but don't make an income and don't necessarily have a lot of liquid funds) they can force you to sell.
It's a forced bankruptcy. If it goes long enough, and you flee the area, then, you go to jail/get forced into court/get assets liquidated. Usually you're only in jail long enough to liquidate your assets, pay off your debts, and then you're free to go.
Yeah he was a house flipper, but a VERY BAD ONE. i think i caught him right on his way out of the business so he basically just left a shitstorm. he used to own a bail bond business here, and apparently still has one in NC. i wonder if that is an option as well.
Hell you might even be able to if they are those things (lawyer will be able to tell you).
I believe you'd have a shot at them, IANAL but LLC, etc are to protect the owner from liability, not the business from the owner's liability, so as one of the owner's assets, it would seem like open season.
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Dude is in for some royal hurting though and I hope DrF gets him good.
It's probably not worth worrying about the company, it's probably too costly and time intensive to go after it, especially if it's completely removed from your jurisdiction. Your best bet is to either hire an attorney in whichever state he went to to domesticate the judgment there, or try and lien the hell out of those properties he does own and hope to god that he purchased those properties with cash. If banks own the notes, you'll almost certainly never see a dime unless there's some serious equity in them (which it sounds like there isn't or he wouldn't have abandoned them). A quick check with the local county recorder of deeds should show if there's any mortgages on the properties, you can also run searches by name to see any properties owned.
disclaimer: IAAL, not your lawyer, this is not legal advice, blah blah blah.
most likely: when the dude with like 10 houses and a couple businesses hires an attorney to find some loophole to keep you from getting his stuff and you need an attorney to counter that loophole.
specifically: if it goes to court and you're unprepared or don't know procedure. I used to audit a lot of courtroom stuff in college (studied Criminology) and there were more than a few instances where a case went to court and a guy was defending himself and didn't know proper times to speak or what to say, almost like that first day of court in My Cousin Vinny, and the judge seriously had it out for him because of that.
I can't answer those questions for you or give you any legal advice besides talk to a lawyer because these questions and their answers are all highly jurisdiction dependent, at the micro level - each sheriff's department or set of federal marshalls will do things differently. An attorney who specializes in judgment collection will know his or her way around the local system and how to operate it effectively, and will have the ear of the local law enforcement you need to act swiftly.
You should be able to find an attorney who works on a percentage contingency basis so you pay little or nothing up front.
My company offers an EAP thing, where i can get free legal advice. maybe they can recommend a good collections lawyer.
However, i found that i can request a lien certification through the city for $25 per property. a bank's ownership of a property would be listed as a lien, right? like my bank has a lien on my property for the amount of my mortgage?