i am lookingon how to file a claim against someone who owes me money more than $5,000?
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A lawyer would be the best way to go.
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1) Document everything \n2) Write a letter to them with the information detailed with dates - requesting to meet with them to resolve the matter, with a deadline for the meeting, note in the letter that you have consulted a lawyer would like to resolve the matter with one if possible.\n3) Check into small claims courts\n\nOr you can take the pissed off aproach and send them a letter and tell them if they don't pay-up, the unethical treatement of you will be reported to the BBB, show up in papers and you might decide to picket as well. \n\nEither way the letter with details is the most important as well as consequences if they do not follow-up with you.  Make sure what ever consequences you set - you follow-up on.\n\nGood Luck!  Go get your Money!!
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You may sue either or both, sue the one nearest you. If he want to redeem any money from the loss of his suit with you he will have to sue his partner. You may add the company to the suit if you like.\n\nTake any and all items you need to prove your claim, to include any person you want to testify in your behalf.\n\nIf you win the case, you must then find a way to collect your money i if he refuse to pay or don't have the funds to pay you. \n\nThere are companies that will do the collection for you for a percentage of the total debt.\n\nYou can also garnish his wages if he has a job or you may place a lien against his home if he has a home.\n\nI hope this has been of some use to you, good luck.\n\n"FIGHT ON"
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Get a copy of the order and send it registered mail to the opposing party.  Ask the clerk at the courthouse.  If they don't cough up the property, ask the court clerk to file a lien against the opposing party.
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How much money is owed to you? If it's a relatively small amount, $5000 or less, you can go to small claims court without a lawyer. \n\nAll you do is find out where the courthouse is in your area. (The post office or police station could tell you where to go.) Tell them who you're suing and for how much, pay the $50 or so court costs, and serve the person you're suing. \n\nIt's a simple process, so that's what I'd recommend if it's a small amount of money.
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The other posters above are correct in that you should contact the police and give them every piece of evidence that you have. Also contact a civil attorney though, and get the ball rolling on a civil suit to collect the money owed to you.
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Lets start with discussing what a junk buyer does.  They gamble.  They are betting that for $100 they can collect $5000 from you.  Not bad for a Vegas bet.  So why would you expect them to accept $100?  That's an even money bet for them and they will obviously refuse it.\n\nIf you have any intention of negotiating a settlement, you better aim at 50% and go up from there.\n\nNow about the lawsuit.  Be aware that if you actually owe them this money, and you do sue them, they will definately countersue you.  Why not?  They have you in court and will probably win.  The best you can hope for is to win your lawsuit, win $1000, and apply that to their debt.  Sorry, facts are facts.\n\nEven worse, a smart lawyer may counter-sue you because of a frivilous lawsuit.  Be sure you have a good basis for a lawsuit before you start playing games with them.\n\n\nSo how do you file?  You need the following:\n\n1) A certified dispute letter to the credit repair agency.\n\n2) A certified letter to the creditor/collection agency demanding validation of the debt.\n\n3) A second certified letter with your intent to file a lawsuit if they do not validate the debt.\n\nIf you have this, you can now prove that they failed to follow the Fair Debt Collections Act and you can proceed with a lawsuit.  See the link below for some guidance.  But you need to search for your states court rules regarding small claims court. \n\nMany states have brochures and forms available on-line.  You must follow the filing rules exactly.
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Just my educated opinion.....\n\nCredit card company will generally come after you for debts over $1000 if they have contacts in your state.  That makes it easier for them to appear and court and sue you. Otherwise, the cost is too high.  So your $5000 debt makes you a prime target.\n\nI'm fairly certain that if they don't come after you, you can expect a collection agency to do it.  Either way, I'd say a lawsuit is a very real possiblilty.\n\nI don't think the SOL will help you.  The CA will certainly know when it expires and will step up collection efforts before that happens.\n\nSo my suggestion is to first look at your budget.  I'm sure that if you take a serious look at it, and cut out unnecessary expenses, you can find $100 a month.  You need to negotiate a payment plan with them, so don't insult them by offering $50 a month.  They are not going to wait several years to get paid, and if you don't offer something reasonable they will sue you.  Even $100 a month is will not go over well with them, but it's a start.\n\nIn the link below are a few sample letters you can use to form a negotiation letter.  Try that out and see what happens.  \n\nOne last piece of advice....it's a certainty that they have placed a negative item on your credit report.  Get them to remove this item IN WRITING before you pay them a dime.  It's my opinion that a judgement is just as bad as a default, and both will hurt your credit score.  But If they want their money, make them fix your credit.  Otherwise, you will have bad credit, plus you will be broke!  This is very important if you plan to get credit within the next few years for a car or home.  If that's not going to be an issue, the bad credit won't matter, as it will gradually improve after a few years.
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Did you make up a contract where You and the person signed together?  (Also if you had a witness that signed the contract, it makes it much stronger in a court of law)\n\nIf a contact was made up before you loaned the money the date of expiration on it, then all you have to do is contact a small claims court for under $2000 and settle your dispute there.  You will need to add money to the loan to cover the court fees but that is allowed.  \n\nIf no documention was made for the loan, then it is very difficult to get the money back, but you could still threaten to bring the person to court, or to break their legs :)
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pay him what you agreed on in the begining .\nthen refuse the rest .\nif there was no writen estimate to how much his labor was going to cost you , then he has no proof of the work he done , the same as you have no proof of what he didnt do .\nhe will have to take you to court if he wants to fight for the extra cash , and in order to win he must prove where the 5,000 bucks came in ..\nthere agin without written document ,with your signature to aprove , its his word aginst yours .
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Dear Friend,\n\nYou probably can't, unless they owe you money.  If they owe you money, you can sue them for it.  If they say they can't pay, or if they ignore you after you win, you can subpoena their bank records.\n\nYour Friend,\nFrancesois
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You can either write a letter to the person staing all the fee's owed and say that you have submitted a copy of this letter to an attorney for small claims, a good scare should get them to take you seriously. You should know that when you give a person money you shouldn't expect it back unless it was in writing and signed.
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Call your bank and tell them you are disputing the charges. They should put your money back in to your account and contact the people who took it out to resolve the issue. You may have to go in and fill out paperwork, but if you want your money back that's what you will have to do.
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Florida has a very effective child support enforcement program.  However, it is sometimes administered indifferently according to the county where you live.\n\nIf your ex owes more than $5,000 in back support, you can:\n\n1.  Have his passport taken away - or blocked so that he won't get one when he wants to travel.\n\n2.  Have him arrested and brought before court on criminal charges.  If the amount he is behind is relatively small, he will be forced to make payment arrangements and kept under watch - if he owes a LOT he will go to jail.\n\n3.  Have his child support deducted from his pay check.  The state will not only collect the amount ordered by the courts, but also an additional amount, up to 45% of his total pay before taxes, to make up the back support due to you.  The state also add interest at 10% to what he owes you.\n\nThere is a fellow in Tallahassee by the name of Tommy Thompson who is the top official in the state for child support enforcement.  He's hard to find, but if you start at www.myflorida.com, you can hunt him down.\n\nBut first you need to go to the Department of Children and Families in the county where you live and call upon the child support enforcement people.  There you are able to file a formal request for help in child support collection and enforcement.  Make sure you take along copies of the court orders requiring payment of the support.  Take along a record of how much HAS been paid in child support since the order was issued.  You can hand-write that; even if you must use your memory unaided to remember, make sure you do your best.\n\nThen write down how many months there has been no child support.\n\nIf possible, also take along any records or notes that give the father's full name, permanent address, phone number, social security number, date of birth, driver's license or vehicle tag number if you have them, and place of employment - including his job title, his supervisor's name, and the address of the company.  If he is self-employed or works as an "independent contractor," the DCF staff will help you figure out how to attach his earnings to pay support.  (Especially if he is self-employed, take along a copy of one of his checks - or anything you can learn about his bank accounts.)\n\nBeing prepared and organized when you arrive to make your claim for help will make a very, very big difference in how the claim is handled.\n\nPaying child support is not supposed to make any difference in seeing the kids.  The children need both parents, it is important for them in ways apart from finances.  The law does not allow you to forbid visitation regardless of the status of support payments.\n\nBut the law can be a very imposing tool for collecting support, if you take advantage of the opportunity.
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Contact the county recorder's office in your state.  There will be a recorded document of the lien if it was filed.  You will know for sure if there is as well as the amount owed.
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You can consider taking him to small claims court. You won't need a lawyer for that. The information about how to do it is available from your local court system in your community. If you file a small claim and he fails to respond or show up, you will get a default judgement. That will allow you to attach to any property (real estate) and perhaps go after any payroll with a garnishment. For $1500, I would definately nail his asss to the wall.
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Contact and file a complaint with the attorney general in the county that ordered the support.\n\nIt will be collected from the parent who owes it no matter who they are.\n\nGood luck and God Bless