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Mark D. Shapiro
Member Since: 05th April 2010
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Probate Court Records Are Public Records

28th November 2016
Copyright (c) 2014 Mark Shapiro Some people think that if they've got their will, when they die, their assets will automatically and instantly go to their kids (or their spouse, or... ) as is in their will. It's not so simple or quick. One of many j...
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Missing Bankruptcy Creditors

28th November 2016
Copyright (c) 2014 Mark Shapiro What will happen if you omit a creditor from bankruptcy (BK) mail matrix? What are the consequences of not listing all your creditors on the court filed bankruptcy documents? This article discusses this potential issue a...
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Can You Copy Court Records?

28th November 2016
Copyright (c) 2014 Mark Shapiro If you're a judgment enforcer, you might go to your courthouse and ask the clerk; or use a court computer to view judgment cases and ask the court clerk to get judgment folders for you. The court clerk will then make a c...
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The Priority Of Liens

28th November 2016
Copyright (c) 2014 Mark Shapiro One of my many judgment articles. There's lots of kinds of property liens, for example senior liens, junior liens, second trust deeds, first mortgages; and variations on these liens, and other names for the basic kinds o...
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

28th November 2016
Copyright (c) 2014 Mark Shapiro I am not a lawyer, I'm a judgment referral expert (Judgment Broker). The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) are a set of laws regulating (among other things) how creditors should communicate with judgment debtors...
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Shareholders And Dissolved Companies

28th November 2016
Copyright (c) 2014 Mark Shapiro Dissolved corporations cease to (legally and/or properly) exist, and the effect it will have on its shareholders depends on the way the corporation was dissolved. One of my many judgment articles: I'm a Judgment Broke...
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Seven Ways To Fix Slow Courts

17th August 2015
During this relatively new court financial cutbacks, most civil courts no longer place enough priority on completing writs or abstracts of judgment for creditors. Some civil courts may take 6 months to process such requests. My articles are my opinions...
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Multiple Levies With One Writ

17th August 2015
California has fifty-eight unique counties. For judgment creditors, one starts their attempt to attach the majority of types of available judgment debtor assets, is to buy a writ (short for a writ of execution) from the courthouse. All writs eventually, s...
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Judgments Explained

17th August 2015
Most folks that win a judgment don't completely understand what they are. A judgment is an order coming from a court which says one party owes money to some other party. Judgments begin as claims, which some court or judge, makes their ruling, to make a j...
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Anti-SLAPP Laws

26th June 2015
When you are enforcing your civil judgment, often you begin with sending your debtor a polite letter. One might mention a payment plan or discount, when the debtor pays your judgment quickly. When the judgment got assigned to you, or you're a lawyer or a ...
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Can You Buy A UCC Lien?

25th June 2015
Nearly each day, folks send me stand alone UCC lien, and want to know if I could find someone who will buy them. (It is difficult enough to try to find a buyer for the majority of judgments.) In my experience, no one ever buys or sells stand-alone UCC lie...
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Judgment Enforcement Takes Time

25th June 2015
My company helps judgment owners (at no cost or any obligation) to quickly connect with the right judgment buyers and/or judgment recovery professionals. Way more than 99% of the "complaints" we receive, are as one of 2 basic types of questions: 1) Why...
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Finding Chapter 7 Undisclosed Assets

25th June 2015
For a judgment owner, debtors filing for bankruptcy is most often bad news. If your debtor recently filed for bankruptcy, however seems to really be rich, or has concealed certain assets; in some circumstances it can make sense to do a little more researc...
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Squeezing That Last Dollar

25th June 2015
When most folks first win a judgment, they initially want to collect every penny legally owed to them. In real life, most judgments do not get recovered. The ones which are, usually do not get recovered 100%. My articles are my opinions and are not, a ...
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Why You Can't Sell Your Judgment

18th June 2015
Every business day, folks contact me, wasting their time, by asking for me to quickly quote them a quick cash up-front sale price to buy their judgments. Some people send the judgments with no info about the judgment debtor, yet send a firm selling price ...
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