Judgement

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OK, first, you live in Texas, and Texas has laws against a lot of things that the rest of us do not. For example, for a consumer debt, your wages cannot be garnished legally in Texas. But they can get a court order to levy your bank accounts. If the plaintiff in the judgment still owns the debt, they do not need to sue you again, as they already have a judgment against you. However, you said the judgment occurred in Georgia? That means they would have to have the judgment properly domesticated in Texas. This is really not a big deal for them--Texas state law, namely the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, allows them to take a judgment from GA, properly authenticate it to the TX courts, and thus domesticate it into Texas.

Next, the amount.....most judgments will allow for interest to be added as time goes on. How much different are we talking about with the two amounts, and how long ago was the judgment put against you?

I have a question. After being domesticated, the Texas laws would apply as far as the judgment is concerned, right? That would mean no garnished wages and all, right?