Arizona judgments, including small claims awards, last ten years from the date of entry. A creditor renews by filing an affidavit during the 90 days before that ten-year mark, which extends collection rights for another decade.
Two writs do the work of collecting on an unpaid Arizona small claims judgment: garnishment to reach a bank account and execution to seize personal property. Statutory exemptions and a ten-year window shape how either tool is used.
Arizona limits wage garnishment on a small claims judgment to 10% of disposable earnings per workweek. The writ runs as a continuing lien on future paychecks until the judgment is satisfied.
An Arizona small claims judgment is enforced by the prevailing party, not the court. Writs of execution, wage and bank garnishment, recorded judgment liens, and debtor’s examinations are the post-judgment tools justice courts make available, and a ten-year window governs every one of them.
Massachusetts judgments are presumed satisfied 20 years after entry. Within that window, a creditor can renew enforcement by motion for a new execution under c. 235 § 19 or by filing a civil action on the judgment.
A Massachusetts small claims judgment is not money. Trustee process attaches funds at a bank; an execution authorizes a sheriff or constable to seize tangible personal property. Both mechanisms have exemption rules and short procedural windows.
After a Massachusetts small claims judgment, wage garnishment runs through “trustee process” under M.G.L. c. 246. State exemptions are stricter than the federal floor, and a 10-day appeal period must expire before the writ can issue.
A Massachusetts small claims win produces a judgment, not the money. Collection runs through executions, supplementary process, trustee process on wages and bank accounts, real-estate liens, and a 20-year enforcement window under M.G.L. c. 260, § 20.