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Lora
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Hello again,
One more question... In regards to my brother's buy/sell store in Oregon, what is the statute of limitations on collecting on a past debt..?
For example, a guy walks into the store with some items to sell. The items are purchased, and placed on police hold. (I believe they have to stay there 20 days so the police have time to check if they are stolen or not.) During those 20 days, the sheriff comes in, picks up 50% of the merchandise, and the store is out the money.
He leaves a copy of the stolen goods report for our records, and with that, we can get judgement on the seller and get restitution or go to small claims court if he doesn't pay it.
For a long time, my brother did not have enough time to follow through and get judgments on many of the items that were picked up by the police... We are trying to help hime get caught up on everything and we are wondering about the statute of limitations on these debts. Is anyone here familiar with Oregon law? (Clackamas county) We are truying to figure out which are too old to even bother with...
Another example is for a bounced check... My brother sold a car he bought through the store at a local auction. The car sold and the auction house paid him with a check...that bounced. Is there a statute of limitations on something like this? (it's now a year and a half old) If it is still a viable debt, would we just go about getting a judgment on the auction house, or is there another route we would take..??
Any help would be Greatly appreciated!! Thanks for taking the time to read this...
All my best,
Lora
One more question... In regards to my brother's buy/sell store in Oregon, what is the statute of limitations on collecting on a past debt..?
For example, a guy walks into the store with some items to sell. The items are purchased, and placed on police hold. (I believe they have to stay there 20 days so the police have time to check if they are stolen or not.) During those 20 days, the sheriff comes in, picks up 50% of the merchandise, and the store is out the money.
He leaves a copy of the stolen goods report for our records, and with that, we can get judgement on the seller and get restitution or go to small claims court if he doesn't pay it.
For a long time, my brother did not have enough time to follow through and get judgments on many of the items that were picked up by the police... We are trying to help hime get caught up on everything and we are wondering about the statute of limitations on these debts. Is anyone here familiar with Oregon law? (Clackamas county) We are truying to figure out which are too old to even bother with...
Another example is for a bounced check... My brother sold a car he bought through the store at a local auction. The car sold and the auction house paid him with a check...that bounced. Is there a statute of limitations on something like this? (it's now a year and a half old) If it is still a viable debt, would we just go about getting a judgment on the auction house, or is there another route we would take..??
Any help would be Greatly appreciated!! Thanks for taking the time to read this...
All my best,
Lora
My brother and the sheriff are on very good terms, and he told my brother that if the judgments are not paid, then we can still take action against them where, with a sheriff, we can execute some sort of legal action (after a small claims court, I think) where we can confiscate their personal property, sell it, keep as much as will pay off the judgment and hand the rest back to them...