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minus-squareUllallulloo@civilloquy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·9 months agoUh, I don’t think New York law provides for debtors’ prisons anymore. Those went out of style in the 1700s. The way a court actually handles an unpaid judgment is it just orders the seizure of any property the debtor does own. It doesn’t need permission.
minus-squareSeasoned_Greetingslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoThat’s fair. It’d be more than the court has done so far
Uh, I don’t think New York law provides for debtors’ prisons anymore. Those went out of style in the 1700s.
The way a court actually handles an unpaid judgment is it just orders the seizure of any property the debtor does own. It doesn’t need permission.
That’s fair. It’d be more than the court has done so far