All articles about Enforcing a Minor Civil Judgment in South Australia: Step-by-Step Guide.
How to apply for a charging order in South Australia to register a lien on the debtor's real estate. Covers Form 150, Land Services SA registration and when a charge beats a warrant of sale.
Step-by-step guide to filing enforcement applications on the CourtSA portal: investigation summons, garnishee orders, warrants of sale and examination summons for SA judgment creditors.
Won a judgment in South Australia but haven't been paid? Learn the step-by-step debt recovery process in the Magistrates Court, from investigation notices to enforcement.
How to locate a judgment debtor's assets in South Australia: Land Services SA, PPSR, ASIC searches, the Form 145 financial questionnaire, and what you can and cannot access without a court order.
How to apply for an Examination Summons (Form 146) in the SA Magistrates Court when a judgment debtor fails to comply with a payment order. Explains when the court may impose a monetary penalty.
How to get a garnishee order in South Australia to attach a debtor's wages, bank account or trade debts. Covers the 2023 wage reform, exempt income and CourtSA filing.
How instalment orders work in the SA Magistrates Court: how they're set at investigation hearings, what happens after default, and when the court may impose a monetary penalty.
How to use Form 140 Investigation Notice in South Australia to find out what a judgment debtor owns and earns — before spending money on court enforcement filings.
How to apply for an Investigation Summons (Form 143) in the SA Magistrates Court. Covers the first-step rule for qualifying individual non-business debts of $12,000 or less, CourtSA filing and the hearing.
How post-judgment interest works in SA (6% per annum), the 6-year enforcement window, the 15-year absolute limit, and how to calculate what the debtor owes with partial payments.
Breakdown of Magistrates Court enforcement fees in South Australia: filing fees, Sheriff execution charges, travel costs, and which fees get added to the judgment debt.
Which assets are protected from seizure under a warrant of sale in South Australia: the $9,950 vehicle-equity and $4,600 tools-of-trade limits, household goods, financed interests and Centrelink payments.
How warrants of sale work in South Australia: applying through CourtSA, what the Sheriff can and cannot seize, exempt property rules, and the real estate restriction for individual judgments of $12,000 or less.