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SC-200
Notice of Entry of Judgment
Clerk stamps here when form is filed.
This form tells you the court’s decision (judgment) in this small
claims case. The date the small claims clerk handed or mailed you this form
is very important. That date sets the deadline for the parties to take legal steps
to protect or enforce their rights.
If the court ordered you to pay money, your wages, money, or property
can be taken, if you do not pay the judgment within 30 days. You may also
have to pay interest. If the court decided that you owe money because of an
auto accident, the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) can suspend your
driver’s license.
If you disagree with the judgment, you may have the right to appeal or
to ask the court to cancel or correct the judgment. To protect these rights, you
must file papers with the court within 30 days after this notice was mailed or
handed to you.
Fill in the court name and street address:
Superior Court of California, County of
Read pages 3 and 4. They explain your rights and responsibilities,
whether you won or lost the case.
Fill in your case number and case name:
Case Number:
The judgment (decision) in this small claims case was entered on
(date):
Case Name:
The judgment cannot be enforced until after the 30-day right to appeal or file a motion to vacate (cancel) or correct
the judgment has ended. If an appeal or a motion to cancel or correct the judgment is properly filed, the judgment
cannot be enforced until the appeal or motion is decided.
(cid:99) (cid:100)
(cid:101)
Judgment on the Plaintiff’s Claim
Plaintiff’s name, if more than one:
Defendant’s name, if more than one:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The plaintiff’s claim against (check one): all parties (name): is dismissed and
(1) may not be filed again. (The claim is dismissed with prejudice.)
(2) may be filed again, if filed by the legal deadline. (The claim is dismissed without prejudice.)
The defendant (name): does not have to pay the plaintiff anything.
The defendant (name): must pay the plaintiff (name):
(total amount): $ , which includes:
principal: $ + interest: $ + court costs: $ – offset $
Reason for offset, if any:
More than one person owes money on this claim. The liability of each person is:
(1) Joint and several. (The judgment creditor may collect the entire judgment from any judgment debtor.)
(2) Other (specify):
The defendant (name): must give the plaintiff (name):
(specify property): by (date):
The property is specified on Attachment 3e.
(cid:102)
Judgment on the Defendant’s Claim
Defendant’s name, if more than one:
Plaintiff’s name, if more than one:
Judicial Council of California, www.courtinfo.ca.gov
New July 1, 2010
Form Adopted for Alternative Mandatory Use
Code of Civil Procedure, § 116.110
Notice of Entry of Judgment
(Small Claims)
SC-200, Page 1 of 4
Case name:
Case Number:
The defendant’s claim against (check one): all parties (name): is dismissed and
(1) may not be filed again. (The claim is dismissed with prejudice.)
(2) may be filed again, if filed by the legal deadline. (The claim is dismissed without prejudice.)
The plaintiff (name): does not owe any money on this claim.
The plaintiff (name): must pay the defendant (name):
(total amount): $ , which includes:
principal: $ + interest: $ + court costs: $ – offset $
Reason for offset, if any:
More than one person owes money on this claim. The liability of each person is:
(1) Joint and several. (The judgment creditor may collect the entire judgment from any judgment debtor.)
(2) Other (specify):
The plaintiff (name): must give the defendant (name):
(specify property): by (date):
The property is specified on Attachment 4e.
(cid:103)
Payments (Name):
may pay the judgment to (name): as follows:
Payments of $ on the day of each (month, week, other) ,
starting (date): and a final payment of: $ on (date):
Other payment schedule (specify):
The total amount of payments is $ , which includes interest on the unpaid balance of the
judgment. The actual amount of that interest may be different if payments are made late or early.
The total amount of the payments is the same as the judgment. If all payments are made in full and on time, no
interest will be owed on the judgment and the judgment will have been paid in full.
If any payment is not made in full and on time, the judgment creditor may notify the court to cancel the
payment plan, and the entire unpaid balance will become due and collectible.
Other Orders
Decisions on other claims or parties are stated in Attachment 6.
After offsetting the judgments on the claims, (name):
owes (name): $
This judgment against (name):
is for damage or injury because of an automobile vehicle accident on a California highway caused by the
judgment debtor or by another party for whose conduct the judgment debtor is liable (other than liability because
the party signed a minor’s driver’s license application).
The court finds that the defendant’s rights under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act were not prejudiced by
the entering of a judgment against the defendant because the defendant was not a servicemember or had notice
and was available to defend this action.
Form SC-202A, Decision on Attorney-Client Fee Dispute, is attached.
Other (specify):
Continued on Attachment 11.
Clerk, by
Notice of Entry of Judgment
(Small Claims)
, Deputy
SC-200, Page 2 of 4
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
(cid:105)(cid:104) (cid:106) (cid:107) (cid:108)
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Date:
New July 1, 2010
What to Do After the Court Decides Your Small Claims Case
First, read the court's decisions on pages 1 and 2. They will tell you the court’s judgment in this case.
Then read this form. It will help you protect or enforce your rights, whether you won or lost the case.
Warning! You may lose important rights if you do not act within 30 days after the court handed or mailed you
this Notice of Entry of Judgment. If the court mailed the Notice of Entry of Judgment, the date of mailing is on the
Clerk's Certificate of Mailing that came with the notice.
If the court ordered the other side to pay you…
You are the judgment creditor. You must collect your
judgment. The court will not collect it for you. Some steps
you can take to collect your money are summarized below.
For more information, go to www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/
smallclaims/collectintro.htm.
Important! The judgment debtor has 30 days after the
Notice of Entry of Judgment was handed or mailed to him
or her to appeal or pay or ask the court to cancel or correct
the judgment. You cannot take legal steps to collect the
judgment during this time.
Ask the judgment debtor to pay you the money. If the
judgment debtor cannot afford to pay the judgment all at
once, consider offering to take payments. If your claim was
for possession of property, ask the judgment debtor to
return the property to you.
If the judgment debtor does not pay, you can find out
about the debtor's income or property that the sheriff
can take to satisfy the judgment.
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•
•
If the debtor does not pay within 30 days after the court
clerk delivered or mailed the Notice of Entry of Judgment,
the debtor must send you Form SC-133, Judgment
Debtor's Statement of Assets. This form will tell you what
property the debtor has that may be used to pay the
judgment.
If the debtor does not send you the completed Form
SC-133, you can file Form SC-134, Application and Order
to Produce Statement of Assets and to Appear for
Examination. In this form, you can also ask the court to
award you your attorney fees, expenses, and other
appropriate relief.
If the debtor does send you Form SC-133, you can
still have the debtor come to court to answer
questions about income and property. To do this, file
Form EJ-125, Application and Order for Appearance and
Examination.
If the court ordered you to pay money…
You are the judgment debtor. The law requires you to
pay the judgment. You can:
Pay the judgment creditor directly.
Pay the court. (To do this, file Form SC-145,
Request to Pay Judgment to Court.) Or
Ask the court to let you make payments. (To do this,
file Form SC-220, Request to Make Payments.)
• • •
If any payment is not made in full and on time, the
judgment creditor may notify the court to cancel the
payment plan and the entire unpaid balance will
become due and collectible.
Warning! If you do not pay the judgment or file an
appeal or a motion to vacate (cancel) or correct the
judgment within 30 days after the Notice of Entry of
Judgment was handed or mailed to you, your wages,
money, and property can be taken to pay the claim.
You may also have to pay interest. If your case involves
an auto accident on a California highway, the Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles (DMV) can suspend your
driver's license.
After you pay the judgment in full, you can ask the
judgment creditor to file a form saying the judgment is
paid. (See Form SC-290, Acknowledgment of Satis-
faction of Judgment.) If the judgment creditor does not
do this, he or she may have to pay you damages and a
penalty.
If you disagree with the judgment ordering you to
pay money and you went to your small claims trial,
you can appeal that decision. (You cannot appeal the
decision on your own claim.) To do this, file Form
SC-140, Notice of Appeal, within 30 days after the
Notice of Entry of Judgment was handed or mailed to
you. There will be a new trial in the superior court on all
claims in the case. Each side will present evidence
again. This time, each side can have a lawyer at the
trial.
If the court did not award you any money on a claim that you filed… The court’s decision on your
claim is normally final. You cannot appeal the decision on your own claim, but you may be allowed to ask the court to
correct a mistake in the judgment.
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Notice of Entry of Judgment
(Small Claims)
If the court ordered you to pay money…
(continued)
If the court ordered the other side to pay you…
(continued)
If you disagree with the judgment ordering you
to pay money, and you did not go to your trial,
you can ask the court to vacate (cancel) the
judgment. To do this, file Form SC-135, Notice of
Motion
to Vacate Judgment and Declaration,
within 30 days* after the Notice of Entry of
Judgment was handed or mailed to you. If the court
denies your request, you have until 10 days from
the date the notice of denial is mailed to file an
appeal.
*Exception: If the claim against you was not
properly served, you have 180 days from the date
that you found out (or should have found out) about
the judgment against you to file a request to cancel
the judgment.
Unless you pay the judgment or file an appeal or
a motion as discussed above, you must complete
Form SC-133, Judgment Debtor's Statement of
Assets, and deliver it to the judgment creditor within
30 days after the clerk delivered or mailed the
Notice of Entry of Judgment.
Warning! If you do not deliver the completed Form
SC-133, the court can order you to pay attorney
fees and impose other penalties.
•
To obtain the judgment debtor’s financial records from
another person or a company at a hearing, fill out Form
SC-107, Small Claims Subpoena and Declaration, take it
to the small claims court clerk to be issued, and then
have it served.
Once you know about the judgment debtor's income
and property, you can ask the sheriff to take that property
to pay you. (Property that may be taken includes wages,
bank accounts, automobiles, business property, and rental
income.) To do this, fill out and ask the court clerk to issue
Form EJ-130, Writ of Execution. Then, take the form to the
sheriff's office with a description of the debtor's property.
You can also put a lien on the judgment debtor's house
or other real estate. To do this, fill out and ask the court
clerk to issue Form EJ-001, Abstract of Judgment—Civil
and Small Claims. Then, take or mail the Abstract to the
county recorder's office in the county where you think the
debtor owns real property. If the judgment debtor sells,
refinances, or buys real property in that county, your
judgment should be paid from the debtor's funds.
After the judgment has been paid in full, you must fill out
an Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Judgment and file it
with the court clerk. If an Abstract of Judgment has not
been recorded, you may use Form SC-290. If an abstract
has been recorded, use Form EJ-100.
Warning! If you do not file an Acknowledgment of
Satisfaction of Judgment, you may have to pay the
judgment debtor damages and a penalty.
You may need to pay fees to the court, the county recorder's office, or the
sheriff for filing, issuing, and recording papers and doing the other things
discussed above. Sometimes, you can ask the court to order the other side
to repay you for these expenses.
Need help?
For free help, contact your county’s small claims advisor:
[local info here]
Or go to “County-Specific Court Information” at www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/smallclaims
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Notice of Entry of Judgment
(Small Claims)
