An execution on goods and chattels (i.e. stuff) lets the court try to collect the money owed on a judgment from the debtors bank account or personal property. If your adversary owns real estate, you can try and collect from that as long as you are owed more than about $15,000.00. You must locate and identify the debtor's personal property that can be used to satisfy your judgment. You may, for example, ask that a Court Officer try to sell personal items such as office equipment, etc., at a public sale. The debtor may keep $1,000.00 worth of personal property.
If the debtor does not have $1,000.00 in personal property, this method cannot be used to satisfy your judgment and to collect the money owed you.
If you want to seize a motor vehicle, you have to be able to prove that the vehicle belongs to them by getting a certified copy of the title and a certified lien search from the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles.
