Title 12 — Courts and Civil Proceedings

A judgment may be renewed by action thereon at any time within ten years after the date of the judgment, except that an action may not be brought to renew a judgment entered on or before August 2, 2013 that was not renewed on or before August 2, 2018.

A. A judgment for the payment of money that has been entered and docketed in the civil docket or civil order book of the United States district court or superior court, whether originally rendered by it or entered on a transcript of judgment from another court, or recorded with t…

A. The clerk shall docket the affidavit of renewal in the proper docket and shall enter in the proper docket forthwith, after the statement of the original judgment, the date and fact of the renewal, and the amount for which the judgment is renewed. B. The entry and docketing of …

A. Notice of sale under execution shall be made as follows: 1. For the sale of perishable personal property, written notice of the time and place of sale shall be posted in three public places, two of which shall be in the precinct and one at or near the door of the courthouse of…

A. All sales under execution shall be made at public auction to the highest bidder, between the hours of ten a.m. and four p.m. B. After sufficient property has been sold to satisfy the judgment and costs, no more shall be sold. C. No person making the sale shall become a purchas…

The officer may postpone the sale from time to time by continuing the posting and publication of the notice until the day to which the sale is postponed, and appending at the foot thereof upon each successive postponement the following: "The above sale is postponed until the ____…

If the purchaser at the sale under execution does not pay the full bid price and statutory fees within five working days after the sale, the officer shall immediately offer the property to the second highest bidder who may, at his option, purchase the property at his bid. If the …

When the purchaser of personal property capable of manual delivery pays the purchase money, the officer shall deliver the property and if desired, execute and deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale. If personal property not capable of manual delivery or which may be sold …

A. Upon a sale of real property, the purchaser is substituted to and acquires all the right, title, interest and claim of the judgment debtor thereto. B. When the estate is less than a leasehold of two years unexpired time, the sale is absolute. In all other cases, including sale…

A. When a judgment has been entered and docketed, the judgment creditor, at any time may: 1. Have an order from the court requiring the judgment debtor to appear and answer concerning his property before the court or a referee, at a time and place specified in the order. 2. Have …

A. After issuing an execution and upon proof by affidavit or otherwise, if it appears to the court that a judgment debtor has property which he unjustly refuses to apply toward satisfaction of the judgment, the court may order the judgment debtor to appear at a specified time and…

A. After issuance of an execution, any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the officer holding the writ the amount of his debt or so much thereof as is necessary to satisfy the execution. The officer's receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid. …

A. Witnesses may be required to appear and testify before the court or referee upon any proceeding under this article as upon trial of an action. B. The court may order any property of the judgment debtor not exempt from execution, in the hands of any person or due the judgment d…

A. If it appears that a person alleged to have property of the judgment debtor or to be indebted to him claims an interest in the property adverse to the judgment debtor or denies the debt, the court may order the judgment creditor to institute an action for recovery of such inte…

Any person bound as surety upon a contract for payment of money or performance of an act, when the right of action has accrued, may require, by notice in writing, the creditor or obligee forthwith to bring an action upon the contract. If the creditor or obligee, not being under l…

A. When an action is brought against two or more defendants upon a contract, and one or more of the defendants are surety for the others, the surety may cause the issue of suretyship between the defendants to be tried and determined at any time before the trial, but such proceedi…

A. When a person who is surety on an undertaking is compelled to pay a judgment or part thereof, or makes a payment upon a judgment by reason of suretyship, such judgment shall not be discharged by such payment but shall remain in force for the use of the surety and shall be cons…

If there is more than one surety and one or more of them has failed to pay his proportionate part of the judgment, execution may issue, as provided in section 12-1643, against the principal for the use of the surety who has paid more than his proportionate part for the whole amou…

If a sheriff or other officer is compelled to pay a judgment or a part thereof by reason of a default of such officer, except for failing to pay over any money collected or for wasting property levied on, the sheriff or other officer may have execution therefor against the princi…

The remedy provided in this article for sureties extends to endorsers, guarantors, drawers of bills which have been accepted, and every other suretyship, whether created by express contract or operation of law.

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: "Foreign judgment" means any judgment, decree, or order of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state.

A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the act of Congress or the statutes of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of any superior court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the superi…

A. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor's lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of the superior court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor, and the judgment c…

A. If the judgment debtor shows the superior court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expir…

Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk a fee pursuant to section 12-284. Fees for docketing, transcription or other enforcement proceedings shall be as provided for judgments of the superior court.

The right of a judgment creditor to bring an action to enforce his judgment instead of proceeding under this article remains unimpaired.

This article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

This article may be cited as the uniform enforcement of foreign judgments act.

A. In any civil action, a monetary judgment may not be paid to a person who is or was previously incarcerated in the state department of corrections before all restitution and incarceration costs owed by the person are paid if the monetary judgment is against this state, a politi…