California Apartment Association

Legal Q&A: Judgment against tenant who’s moved out of state

Question: We evicted one of our tenants and obtained a monetary judgment. Now we find that they have moved to Arizona. Can I collect against them since they moved out of state?

Ted Kimball
Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP

Answer: If you have a judgment against a former tenant and they move out of state, you can have the judgment recognized by that state as a valid judgment, which would allow you to proceed to levy against their bank accounts or garnish their wages in the state where they now live.

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