Hi. In Texas how can you get a Judgement taken off you record in order to purchase a home.?
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It depends on what type of Judgement and how long it has been filed. Judgments may expire after a period of time. In Texas one time limit is 10 years. But the Judgment can be continued and its life extended by filing certain paperwork. Liens last 4 years. But if you want the Judgment removed you need to contact th party that owns the Judgment and negotiate a final resolution. Then they will have to remove it or file a paper showing it has been satisfied. And of course if you want to hire an attorney.
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Go to your county auditors office. They can help.
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1.  Contact local real estate agents.\n2.  Advertise in the classifieds.\n\nBe careful.  If you miss a payment, the owner of the property can evict you and keep all the money you have paid them.  Traditionally, contract for deed sellers have victiimized poor persons by offering them land very cheap through a contract for deed.  The poor person, usualy an immigrant, "buys" through a contract for deed and builds a house on the property.  If the buyer misses one payment or is late, the seller evicts and the sell resells the house and land to someone else for more money.  Since the buyer doesn't actually own the property in a contract for deed sale, it is actually like renting to buy.\n\nThese types of sales have been used to victimize immigrants in South Texas.
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Try your county Auditor and Recorder.\n\nThe auditor normally has info regarding how much a property has been purchased and what features a property contains, i.e. beds, bths, etc..\nThe recorder will give you auctual documentation of what liens are on a home. Mortgages, 2nds, etc..\n\nIt takes some research, but this public information  is powerful
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Contact the housing authorities, or land lord tenant court....and good luck.
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Yes, but this is an up hill battle. The laws are not really in your favor. \n\nHave your attorney file a "stay judgment order" which should give you time to mount an appeal. There are nonprofit organizations out there to help you, do some searching for pro bono housing council.
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Howdy. I live in Texas and have had a few real estate dealings. It sounds to me like you don't have much of a case. If you signed the FMV form, that's all that necessary, since the lender usually fills the thing out and submits it to you for approval. The lender's signing is an implied agreement, given that they provided the value figures on the form. Remember, lots of things in the Texas Constitution have been amended by legal precedence over the years, without those cases being included IN the Constitution.\n\nEven if you have a leg to stand on with no actual second signature, I would bet that a judge would side with the lender in your case, simply due to that old standard legal mumbojumbo that says "this is what is commonly accepted as proper legal practice".\n\nYou might also want to check with your original lien holder to see if they have any input on the lender who holds your second lien. Sometimes, these home equity folks tend to be a little shady in the way they do things. If you call them on it, they may back down from foreclosure or give you some alternatives to losing your house.\n\nGood luck, whatever you decide to do.\n\nFiveStarAuthor@aol.com\n\n(I've edited several books on real estate, so I actually do know something about this subject, though I'm hardly an expert.)
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if you are talking about crimmal record , you have have to go to the judge who did the record and tell them to take it off the record. you have to call the courthouse to get an appointment for this. if you know the laywer talk with them about it .
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Go back to Court immediately and file papers (if you don't have an attorney, either call Legal Aid or ask the Clerk of the Court -who cannot give you legal advice, but CAN guide you to the correct forms to file) to bring the violation(s) of the Court Order to the attention of the judge for a ruling. Violations of a Court Order are Contempt of Court, and I have yet to meet a judge who takes these lightly (and I have met a couple, through similar situations caused by my ex). The Court does not feel warm & fuzzy about individuals who thumb their nose at the Court's authority. Until you take steps to get these matters brought back before a judge, your ex will continue to act without impunity. In the meantime, while you are waiting for a court date, take steps to protect your share of the community property, by making everyone (like banks, credit agencies, mortgage companies, etc.) aware of the Court's original ruling, in an effort to reduce your ex's chances of disposing of the property without your knowledge or permission. Good luck with this. Vindictive and unethical ex's can be very creative and resourceful. My ex even disposed of NON community property, when he got a hold of our daughter's house key, let himself in while I was out of town, stole my grandmother's hope chest and the hand-made quilts she had made which were in it, and sold them to a no-questions-asked dealer. I was unable to prove anything (it was all supposition and circumstantial, without witnesses) - and lost everything. DO NOT remain passive about this. You must act to protect your interests NOW.\n\nIf the vehicle is long-gone, the Court will likely not only find your ex to be in Contempt (and subject to fines and/or jail time), but will likely also order your ex to pay you at least half of what he sold it for - which he must prove. You should try and track down the paperwork pertaining to the sale, as best you can, to bring with you into Court. You should also consider getting a subpeona served on the person he sold the vehicle to, to force them to come into Court and testify as to the circumstances surrounding the sale. This person will likely be viewed as a hostile witness, but they WILL have to testify - unless THEY also want to face contempt charges. \n\nTaking these actions will send a clear message to your ex that he has rattled the wrong cage. Be diligent and persistent. You are not doing these things to "get back at" your ex. You are doing thse things to protect your interests.
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i am in AZ and local law and custom will prevail.  what you have is adverse possession.  these things are controlled by time frames such as to close the Ingres/egress off it needs to be open and notorious and done like for 24 hours every 7 years.  there should be a time frame in the 7 to 10 year range that they would have had to close off physical access.  physical access is different then legal access.  most areas require physical access to all lots.  your best bet is to contact first a local real estate broker who specializes in land not in houses, it will be under commercial real estate in the phone book. he can answer most questions. but you will be in court to get it done, and the real estate guy will know the right lawyer.  this is a highly technical area of law make sure you get someone who does this for a living, a divorce lawyer will not be much good
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IF THE ACCOUNT IS LARGE ENOUGH THEY CAN SUE YOU AND OBTAIN A JUDGMENT.\n\nTHEY WILL THEN TRANSCRIBE THE JUDGMENT IN TO A "JUDGMENT LIEN" AND IT WILL CLOUD THE TITLE OF ANY REAL PROPERTY YOU OWN IN THE COUNTY THE SUIT WAS FILED IN.\n\nTHEN, IF THE JUDGMENT IS LARGE ENOUGH, SAY OVER $10,000 TO $15,000 THEY CAN FORCE A FORECLOSURE ON YOU AND HAVE YOU EVICTED FROM YOUR HOME AND SELL IT TO PAY OFF YOUR DEBT.\n\nTHEY DON'T SCREW AROUND.
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You would have to get tax records for the property... I imagine that you would need a lawyer to do so, but maybe an accountant or realtor could do the job.
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Depending on your state's laws, judgments and liens attach to   your house as soon as they are recorded in the same county.  Once they attach, you cant avoid them by deeding the house.  Get an "ownership & encumberance report" done by a title company to see what you are up against.\n\nCheck for asset protection attorneys in your area for techniques to defeat creditors.
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Your homestead is the primary property a person (you) or a family lives in.  Any house you purchase afterward in addition to the first property would be non-homestead property.  If you sell your primary property and purchase another property to replace the original, your new property becomes your homestead.\n\nThis designation is significant for two reasons that I'm aware of.  First, in my state and I assume in others, homeowners are given a "homestead exemption" which is an amount of money deducted from the value of the home when computing annual property taxes.  So taxes are different for two houses that are the same value when one is a homestead property and the other isn't.  In order to get this reduction in taxes, paperwork claiming the exemption must be filed with the government agency handling the annual property appraisals each year.\n\nSecond, and every state is different in this, there is a homestead exemption which prevents creditors from taking what's covered in the homestead to pay bad debts.  For instance here in Texas, a person's entire home regardless of its value which is covered by the homestead exemption, cannot be sold to pay a judgement lien.  Other states also have this exemption but for smaller amounts of money.  In other words, the house can be sold but you would be left with a minimum amount of money that could not be used to pay the debt.  In some states, there is no homestead protection against judgement liens.\n\nBy the way, this protection does not apply when a person signs a mortgage or home equity loan, pledging their house as collateral for the loan.
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If you own your property, you can get a statement from the city or county assessor.  They are usually quite nice if you telephone or drop into the office.  \n\nIf you pay taxes through your mortgage, the mortgage company should provide you with a statement.
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Everyone's ones circumstances differ too much to find an answer to that question on here. You need to go talk to a lawyer in TX.
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AFTER you start the legal clock - by giving your Tenant a 3 or 5 Day Notice to Quit or Pay rent.....you then can get the ball rolling (very quickly) for an eviction hearing.....Once you receive a Judgment.....includes amounts due plus court costs......Make sure you provide the court the tenant's social security number....\n\nTake the original Judgment to your County Recorder's Office....Once recorded, the next time a credit bureau does a hard pull, your judgment will be added as a creditor to their credit report.\n\nDepending on your state, you can then send a demand letter for full payment of the judgment and when they don't pay, you get to garnish their wages!!!!! some states prohibit this, others allow it.\n\ngoogle your state and landlord/tenant laws.