Legislation
SECTION 1813
Duty to pay judgments
Uniform City Court Act (UCT) CHAPTER 497, ARTICLE 18
§ 1813. Duty to pay judgments.
(a) Any person, partnership, firm or corporation which is sued in a
small claims court for any cause of action arising out of its business
activities, shall pay any judgment rendered against it in its true name
or in any name in which it conducts business. "True name" includes the
legal name of a natural person and the name under which a partnership,
firm or corporation is licensed, registered, incorporated or otherwise
authorized to do business. "Conducting business" as used in this section
shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining signs at business
premises or on business vehicles; advertising; entering into contracts;
and printing or using sales slips, checks, invoices or receipts.
Whenever a judgment has been rendered against a person, partnership,
firm or corporation in other than its true name and the judgment has
remained unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the judgment
debtor of notice of its entry, the aggrieved judgment creditor shall be
entitled to commence an action in small claims court against such
judgment debtor, notwithstanding the jurisdictional limit of the court,
for the sum of the original judgment, costs, reasonable attorney's fees,
and one hundred dollars.
(b) Whenever a judgment which relates to activities for which a
license is required has been rendered against a business which is
licensed by a state or local licensing authority and which remains
unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the judgment debtor of
notice of its entry and the judgment has not been stayed or appealed,
the state or local licensing authority shall consider such failure to
pay, if deliberate or part of a pattern of similar conduct indicating
recklessness, as a basis for the revocation, suspension, conditioning or
refusal to grant or renew such license. Nothing herein shall be
construed to preempt an authority's existing policy if it is more
restrictive.
(c) The clerk shall attach to the notice of suit required under this
article a notice of the duty imposed by this section.
(a) Any person, partnership, firm or corporation which is sued in a
small claims court for any cause of action arising out of its business
activities, shall pay any judgment rendered against it in its true name
or in any name in which it conducts business. "True name" includes the
legal name of a natural person and the name under which a partnership,
firm or corporation is licensed, registered, incorporated or otherwise
authorized to do business. "Conducting business" as used in this section
shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining signs at business
premises or on business vehicles; advertising; entering into contracts;
and printing or using sales slips, checks, invoices or receipts.
Whenever a judgment has been rendered against a person, partnership,
firm or corporation in other than its true name and the judgment has
remained unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the judgment
debtor of notice of its entry, the aggrieved judgment creditor shall be
entitled to commence an action in small claims court against such
judgment debtor, notwithstanding the jurisdictional limit of the court,
for the sum of the original judgment, costs, reasonable attorney's fees,
and one hundred dollars.
(b) Whenever a judgment which relates to activities for which a
license is required has been rendered against a business which is
licensed by a state or local licensing authority and which remains
unpaid for thirty-five days after receipt by the judgment debtor of
notice of its entry and the judgment has not been stayed or appealed,
the state or local licensing authority shall consider such failure to
pay, if deliberate or part of a pattern of similar conduct indicating
recklessness, as a basis for the revocation, suspension, conditioning or
refusal to grant or renew such license. Nothing herein shall be
construed to preempt an authority's existing policy if it is more
restrictive.
(c) The clerk shall attach to the notice of suit required under this
article a notice of the duty imposed by this section.