@Anonymous wrote:I have 2-3 default judgements about 12 years old from when I got sick without medical insurance, when I look up my judgement docket numbers on the court site they were filed at nothing comes up, does that mean the judgement has expired? They have to manually renew them correct? This is in NJ.
I'm in a position to pay off these judgements, but honestly I don't see the point if they were never renewed and this is just some collection company trying their luck to collect on a very old debt.
Thank you.
In NJ docketed judgments are valid for 20 years from the date they are issued. I would go to the courthouse and get copies of the entire court docket its most likely in archived records but they do have it if if actually went to judgment. Welcome to myFico 
@gdale6 wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:I have 2-3 default judgements about 12 years old from when I got sick without medical insurance, when I look up my judgement docket numbers on the court site they were filed at nothing comes up, does that mean the judgement has expired? They have to manually renew them correct? This is in NJ.
I'm in a position to pay off these judgements, but honestly I don't see the point if they were never renewed and this is just some collection company trying their luck to collect on a very old debt.
Thank you.
In NJ docketed judgments are valid for 20 years from the date they are issued. I would go to the courthouse and get copies of the entire court docket its most likely in archived records but they do have it if if actually went to judgment. Welcome to myFico
Thanks for the response.
Are all judgements docketed? From my research I thought it said to be "docketed" the judgement had to be registered with the state court, not just the county.