Stanislaus — SC-223

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Declaration of Default Clerk stamps here when form is filed. SC-223 in Payment of Judgment Important: Read page 2 if this form was mailed to you or before you fill out this form. If you are the judgment debtor named in 2 and you disagree with this Declaration of Default in Payment of Judgment, you may file form SC-224, Response to Declaration of Default in Payment of Judgment, within 10 days after the declaration was mailed to you. 1 I am asking the court to order that the remaining balance of a small claims judgment is now due and collectible because payments were not made as the court ordered. My name is: Fill in the court name and street address: Mailing address: Superior Court of California, County of

Phone: Email (optional):

2 The judgment debtor who has not made payments as the court ordered is (complete a separate form for each judgment debtor who has not paid as ordered): Name: Fill in your case number and case name: Mailing address: Case Number:

Phone: Email (optional): Case Name:

3 On (date): the court ordered that the judgment debtor named in 2 must pay me, or someone who assigned the judgment to me, principal, prejudgment interest, and costs in the total amount of $ . 4 On (date): the court ordered that the judgment debtor named in 2 may pay the judgment described in 3 as follows: a. Payments of $ , on the day of each (month, week, other): starting (date): , until (date of final payment): ; amount of final payment: $ b. Other payment schedule (specify):

5 The payments listed below, and no others, have been made on the judgment described in 3 . Check here if there is not enough space below. List the date and amount of each payment on a separate page and write “SC-223, Item 5” at the top. Date Amount Date Amount Date Amount Date Amount

6 The total amount of the payments that have been made on the judgment described in 3 is $ , and the balance due, without adding any interest after the judgment, is $ . 7 I request interest on the judgment, in the amount of $ , calculated as follows: Check here if there is not enough space below. Explain how you calculated interest on a separate page and write “SC-223, Item 7” at the top.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information above is true and correct. Date:

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Judicial Council of California, courts.ca.gov Declaration of Default SC-223, Page 1 of 2Rev. July 1, 2025, Optional Form Code of Civil Procedure, § 116.620; in Payment of JudgmentCal. Rules of Court, rule 3.2107 (Small Claims)

Default in Payments on Small Claims Judgment General Information If the court ordered that another plaintiff or defendant If the court ordered that you may make payments on a (judgment debtor) may pay a small claims judgment in judgment, and another plaintiff, defendant, or person payments, and that judgment debtor has not made the to whom the judgment has been assigned (judgment payments as ordered, you can ask the court to order creditor) has filed form SC-223, Declaration of Default that the full balance of the judgment is due and in Payment of Judgment, asking the court to order that collectible. Here’s how: the full balance is now due and collectible because Fill out page 1 of form SC-223, Declaration of Default in you did not make the payments: Payment of Judgment. Fill out a separate form for each If, after reading the Declaration, you agree with the judgment debtor who did not make payments as court ordering that the amounts claimed in the ordered. Declaration are now due in full, you do not need to do File your completed form(s) with the small claims court anything. clerk. If you do not agree with the Declaration or with the The court will mail all other plaintiffs and defendants court ordering that the amounts it claims are now due in in the case copies of the Declaration and a blank form full, fill out and file form SC-224, Response to SC-224, Response to Declaration of Default in Payment of Declaration of Default in Payment of Judgment, within Judgment. 10 days after the court clerk mailed the Declaration to The judgment debtor will have 10 days to file a you. (This date is on the Clerk’s Certificate of Mailing.) Response. Then the court will mail all plaintiffs and To file your Response: defendants in the case: Have your Response served on the judgment creditor and all other plaintiffs and defendants in your case. A decision, or (See form SC-112A, Proof of Service by Mail.) A notice to go to a hearing. File your Response and Proof of Service with the small claims court clerk. Answers to Common Questions When is the judgment due? When the court allows payments, the court often does not Unless the court orders otherwise, small claims judgments order any interest, as long as all payments are made in full are due immediately. If the judgment is not paid in full and on time. Unless the judgment creditor asks for interest within 30 days, the judgment creditor (party to whom the to be included in the order allowing payments, the money is owed) can take legal steps to collect any unpaid judgment creditor may lose any claims for interest. But if amount. (Collection may be postponed if an appeal or a the judgment debtor does not make full payments on time, request to vacate (cancel) or correct the judgment is filed.) interest on the missed payment or the entire unpaid principal.When can the judgment debtor make payments? A party who was ordered to pay a small claims judgment How do I calculate interest? (judgment debtor) can ask the court for permission to If you are asking for interest or disagreeing with a request make payments. If the court agrees, the party who is owed for interest, you need to explain your interest calculation. money (the judgment creditor) cannot take any other steps Interest may be added to the full unpaid balance of the to collect the money as long as the payments are made on judgment or only to payments that were not made on time. time. If payments are not made on time, the judgment To calculate interest, show the unpaid principal balance, creditor can ask the court to order that the remaining the dates and number of days you want the court to allow balance of the judgment is due and collectible. interest on that amount, and the total interest for that period. If payments were made, you will need to make Is interest added after the judgment? separate calculations for the reduced principal balance Interest is usually added to the unpaid amount of the after each payment. For more information on the applicable judgment from the date the judgment is entered until it is rate of interest and calculating the amount of interest, see paid in full. Interest can only be charged on the unpaid Information Sheet for Calculating Interest and Amount Owed amount of the judgment (the principal); interest cannot be on a Judgment (form MC-013-INFO). charged on any unpaid interest. If a partial payment is received, the money is applied first to unpaid interest and then to unpaid principal. Need help? For free help, contact your county’s small claims advisor: [local info here] ? Or visit selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/small-claims-advisor.

Rev. July 1, 2025 Declaration of Default in Payment of Judgment SC-223, Page 2 of 2 (Small Claims)

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