I anticipate I will be suing a tenant for the cost of repairs for damages done to the carpets from un-authorized pets. If I win the judgement, how do I go about collecting in the state of Indiana? She left a forwarding address and has been given notice of my intent if she fails to pay for the damages. I have her social security number from her rental application and I know where she works. I don't think she will just pay even if a judgement is found in my favor, so how do I set up wage garnishment?

I anticipate I will be suing a tennant for the cost of repairs for damages done to the carpets from un-authorized pets. If I win the judgement, how do I go about collecting in the state of Indiana? She left a forwarding address and has been given notice of my intent if she fails to pay for the damages. I have her social security number from her rental application and I know where she works. I don't think she will just pay even if a judgement is found in my favor, so how do I set up wage garnishment?



The Court should provide you with the documentation to assist you in collecting after you win the Judgment.

As you know - if you've read through these posts - sometimes the Judgment is the easy part. The difficult part is the collecting.

Indiana actually has a Small Claims Manual on line and it covers collecting but it is far too lengthy to cut and paste. The printed copy is available and the Court Clerk will give you a copy when you file.

Judy handled it fairly good, all I can add is good luck, really, the largest part of judgements are never collected, part of it many states don't allow garnishments, others put a limit or have exempt wages that cover the majority of min wage type jobs.
And you are lucky since finding where they work is often hard. And them not quiting after they are found is always interesting

But the clerk at the court can provide you a lot of the info.