Texas Judgment Collection Center
Welcome to the Texas Judgment Collection Center!
Research shows that almost 80% of judicial money judgments nationwide remain uncollected. That statistic is pretty much the same for Texas money judgments.
Contrary to popular opinion, the court that awarded you a money judgment does not help you collect it. The collection process is left totally to you. If you had an attorney help you get your judgment, I’m sure you were surprised to learn that your attorney actually knows very little about how to collect your judgment. It’s just not something they teach in law school. And, it’s just not something most attorneys want to spend their time doing.
So, as a practical matter, getting your money judgment in Texas is the easy part. Collecting it is the hard part … unless you know what you’re doing.
That’s why I created the Texas Judgment Collection Center. I’ve been practicing law and collecting judgments in Texas since 1990. During that time, I’ve turned away a lot of “smaller” judgments simply because it wasn’t financially feasible for the judgment owner to pay me to collect it. But, using the knowledge you can get from this site, you can now collect your judgment by yourself, without the assistance of a lawyer.
Of course, the Texas Judgment Collection Center is also the flagship site for my book How to Collect Your Own Judgment in Texas. If you’re really serious about collecting your Texas judgment, or you’re considering getting into the judgment recovery business in Texas, you should get a copy of my book. In it I reveal the same strategies I’ve used in my private practice for 20 years.
Since starting the Texas Judgment Collection Center in 2007, I’ve gotten a lot of email asking for information for “the other side.” There are a lot of judgment debtors in Texas who really just want to know what their rights are. So, I’ve expanded the Texas Judgment Collection Center a bit to provide information for judgment debtors as well. And, along those lines, I’ve released a Special Report titled What You Absolutely Must Know If You Owe a Judgment in Texas. If you’re a Texas judgment debtor, i.e., you owe a judgment in Texas, you should get a copy of this special report.
Let me clarify that the Texas Judgment Collection Center is specifically for Texas judgment creditors and debtors. If you either own or owe a judgment in another state, there is no guarantee that the discussion and information on this site will apply to your situation. I do, however, post information that is applicable to other states when I come across something I think is particularly helpful.
If you’re a judgment owner in any state other than Texas, you may also want to check out some of the sites in the following list. Many of these judgment collection sites and publications offer information and training that work in states other than Texas.
Here’s the list:
- Sierra Judgment Recovery
- Step-by-Step Judgment Recovery Course
- The Citizen’s Step-by-Step Guide to Collecting Your Own Judgment
- Judgment Collection Training Course
With that, I wish you the best of luck in your collection efforts. And, if you want any further information about my books, click the links related to each book at the top of this page.
Harvey L. Cox
Attorney at Law
Waco, Texas
