For sure. I haven't said a word about small claims to them and I wouldn't until I was sure I would have to go that route. I've won in small claims before and I realize it can be difficult to get the money you have been awarded. I won against a person I was renting a room from for my deposit. I won, but I never got the money. But that is my own fault. I just never went back to the courhouse to file the needed paperwork to get the person's wages garnished.
Hmm, funny how states do things different. When my daughter went into the Army she sold off a bunch of stuff. Part of it was to a coworker, her manager, who ended up welching on paying. Wife had the power of attorney, took her to court, won, filed the paper for the sheriff to come collect. Sheriff simply collected enough items to auction off for enough to pay the debt.
All she had to do was pay what she owed us, but ended up paying that, court fees, sheriff;'s fees and lost big time.
OMG that's crazy. I haven't heard of that kind of thing going on here. As far as I know police only take property like that in drug related cases around here. But I recently heard that they're not allowed to do asset forfeiture anymore.
