Statute of Limitations on "money judgment"??

[gefyn]

I'm in Arizona.
Is there any statute of limitations on money judgments (civil) or are they good forever?
If there is a judgement, does/can only the original plaintiff pursue enforcement? Or can a collection agency?

[Debt Guy]

Yes, there is a statute of limitations for judgments. Here is what I found for judgments in Arizona.

Domestic Judgment: 5-additional 5 upon request (indefinitely)

Foreign Judgment: 4

The owner of the judgment may attempt collection directly or they may assign the judgment to an attorney or a collection agency to collect on the holder's behalf.

Also, the owner of the judgment may sell the judgment to a third party who will then be the new owner and have all the rights of the original owner.

[gefyn]

Thank you!

This judgment is regarding a very old credit card that has recently come back to haunt me.
The collection company has already violated a couple of the "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act" rules.
They have finally shown me evidence of a small claims judgment from the original plaintiff back in 1994 - and I just wanted to know if it still had any weight or validity to it.