Search the Judgment Database for Free

  When a judgment is published in the Internet Civil
  Judgment Registry database, the information on the
  case and the Defendant's name can be viewed for free
  by anyone with Internet access.  Public inquiries
  about the judgment will be e-mailed to the Plaintiff
  directly or forwarded to the Plaintiff by ICJR at the 
  Plaintiff's request.

 
Collecting is easier when the Defendant knows other people can easily learn about the judgment.

 
Civil judgments are recorded in the county where they were awarded, not in a national database, which complicates discovery.

  
Credit bureaus pick up judgments over time but there is no guarantee that all judgments will be entered.

  
 Some jobs are not
 available to people
 with bad credit.   A
 Defendant who
 wants a good job 
 will  be encouraged
 to clear a bad credit
 history.

 
Most people do not have access to others' credit reports.  So, how can landlords, small business owners, new business associates be informed about civil judgments?

 
Judgments can be uncovered for a fee
in a thorough background report.  But in the Internet Civil Judgment Registry, they can be found for free.

 
Mortgage lenders usually require judgments to be paid off before making a home loan.  New spouses may not know about their mate's judgments
until the couple tries to buy a home. Tenants can also be blacklisted.
...

Register a judgment and let the world know --- and increase the chances for collecting.