Originally Posted by
kristin1277
... I live in NYS and won a small claims judgment against a car dealership owned by a corporation. ...
The judgment is against the corporation (as opposed to "Acme Used Cars" owned by "Acme, Inc."), right?
Originally Posted by
kristin1277
... ...The sheriff's office provided me with a price list of things they can do to collect (income execusion, property ex, bank levy, etc) but CANNOT tell me which one applies to me seeing as its a corporation (they are not allowed to give legal advice) ...
The reason they won't tell you which one applies is
not that it's a corporation or that to tell you would be giving legal advice. The reason is that, without researching the facts, they don't know which option would be productive.
Start by researching everything you can about this corporation. Find out what bank(s) it keeps it's money in and do a bank levy. You say the corporation does other businesses. Consider a "till tap", seizing the contents of their cash registers at those other businesses. Seize their inventory (being careful, of course to first determine if someone else has a lien on the inventory).
Depending on where you are, you may be able to do a judgment debtor examination, requiring a corporate officer to come into court and answer your questions about corporate assets, under oath.
Finally, if you need specific legal advice from an attorney in your area, find one who will accept payment by the hour. A contingent fee, even for collection work, is not the only option.