I have money owed to me from and employer and i took her to small claims court, how long does she have to pay me the money?

Read the judgment. Some states mandate a specific time, like 30 or 45 days.

In Pennsylvania , the court doesn't collect the judgment for you without further court action.
The small claims process is over just because you filed a claim, went to trial and won a court judgment. You are prbably going to have to takemore court action and spend money to enforce the judgment. It may even impossible to enforce the judgment.

Collecting a court judgment can be frustrating, The debtor may not have the money to pay it or may even refuse to pay it.
A judgment is a money award ordered by ajudge. The judgment doesn't provide for collection of the money owed but allows you to use the court process to collect.
It's the duty of the other party to pay immediately, HOWEVER the court doesn't collect the judgment for you. If the judgment is not appealed or paid within 30 days, you can start trying to collect the judgment. so, you have 30 to wait for an appeal or payment. Don't just wait, you need to start researching assets etc in case they don't pay.

Enforcing a judgment includes locating the debtor and the debtor's assets. Available assets include earned income, savings and other bank accounts, investment accounts, real estate, vehicles, jewelry, contents of safe deposit boxes in banks, etc.


After 30 days, you have the sheriff serve the debtor with a notice of a debtor's examination. In a debtor's exam, you ask the debtor what type of property, where that property is and about the debtor has a job. The county courthouse has the information about the exam and the forms.
You can collect money from accounts or property located in a safe deposit box at a bank or credit union. you need to know the branch where the accounts are maintained or where the safe deposit box is.
You can ask the court to order the debtor's employer to withhold a portion of the debtor's wages from the debtor's earnings each pay period to pay the judgment. You will need a lawyer for a garnishment. Usually the amount is limited to 25% of the adjusted gross income. Or you can get a writ of execution. the court can order the sheriff to seize personal property and then sell it to pay the judgment. The writ of execution, must be served by a process server.
Seizure and sale requires a bond and it is complicated and the debtor has a right to retrieve the property by paying you in 15 days and certain property is exempt from seizure, you will need a lawyer for this process also.

Once the judgment and costs of collecting the judgment are paid, you'll need to file a satisfaction of judgment form with the court so the judgment is no longer officially outstanding and the debtor's credit record can be cleared

This answer was edited by SRDEsq 79 days ago.

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