The clerk of circuit court for each county is responsible for maintaining a judgment and lien docket for that county. The judgment and lien docket may consist of several sources: (a) In most counties, recent records are maintained electronically by entry into the CCAP case management system. Current filings may be viewed on public access terminals located in the office of the clerk of circuit court. Some clerks also make entries into a paper docket kept in the clerk's office.

The District Attorney's Office (225) 686-3070 makes the docket and only a representative of that office may answer this question.

The lien is to acknowledge the delinquency of an assessment as levied against a property. This is the initial step in the collection process. Liens will not force a delinquent owner to pay an overdue amount immediately, but it will prevent them from refinancing or selling their home without paying the full amount due. Title companies have a real struggle finding out if a property is a part of the subdivision and pays assessments. In many cases, they only have the seller's word to go by.

Pursuant to C.G.S. 52-380a, a judgment lien may be placed on the land records in the town clerk's office in the town where the real property is located when a money judgment is unpaid. A judgment lien certificate must be signed by the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's attorney. From the time of the recording of the judgment lien certificate, the money judgment shall be a lien on the judgment debtor's interest in the real property described.

It is a lawyer’s right to keep any property lodged with the lawyer until you have paid all their fees and relevant expenses (disbursements). Lawyers can claim a lien over documents and property that you gave them while they were representing you (in this or any other matter), including things for which you have paid. The can also claim a lien over money they are holding on your behalf.

Judgments relate to court proceedings and a subsequent order made by a magistrate that one party (normally the debtor) owes the other party (normally the plaintiff) a debt. The order becomes publicly available information which the credit bureaux upload direct from the courts onto their internal databases on a day-to-day basis. Credit providers are very concerned when they see judgments as this is an indication that the person or corporation is in financial trouble.

A judgment party's status is always active, unless a creditor has an assigned creditor. If the creditor has an assigned creditor, the assigned creditor is 'active' and the original creditor is inactivated. The active status has nothing to do with the satisfaction of a judgment.

Dockets are a "snapshot" of the case file. The docket lists each party, and the attorneys of record. A brief summary of each document is listed, along with the date it was filed and the court record number assigned to the document. To obtain a copy of the docket sheet, please submit a Copywork Request Form to the Clerk's office indicating the case name and case number of the docket sheet you would like a copy of. Cost is $.50 per page. Dockets may be remotely accessed by use of the PACER system.

On the Internet, go to "Dockets & Filings", then "Dockets". After choosing a specific category and then a specific docket, click on "Events List." (For dockets recently established, "Events List" may not be available until ten business days or more after the docket was opened.) For other questions, contact the Clerk's Office or one of the staff persons assigned to the docket.

The requirement for lien waivers is dictated by the form of agreement utilized for the services performed. Contractors are encouraged to carefully examine the language pertaining to "liens" in agreements.

When you click on the Enter Docket Comments link you will be taken to the Electronic Comment Submission Form Screen. On this page you will see a list of all Dockets that are currently open for comment. There are four columns of information in this list: Docket ID, Title, Release Date and Comment Period Ends. For additional information on the Dockets, you can click on the Docket Summary Report link.

ANSWER: Yes. All entries can be identified by the name of the person that logged in and submitted the entry. Whether and how a person's name appears in a docket entry may be determined by the court (e.g., full name, initials, etc.).

We may be able to assist you. Some default judgments are relatively simple to have "set aside" by the court, however every situation is different, and will need a preliminary evaluation by our workgroup.