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Section/Rule:
74.09
Subject:
Rule 74 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Governing Civil Procedure in the Circuit Courts - Judgments Orders and Proceedings Thereon
Publication / Adopted Date:
May 22, 1987
Topic:
Revival of Judgment
Revised / Effective Date:
January 1, 2020
74.09 Revival of Judgment
(
a
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When and by Whom.
A judgment may be revived by order of the court that entered it pursuant to a motion for revival filed by a judgment creditor within ten years after entry of the judgment, the last payment of record, or the last prior revival of the judgment.
(
b
)
Order to Show Cause.
Upon the filing of a motion of revival of a judgment, an order shall issue to the judgment debtor to show cause on a day certain why such judgment should not be revived. The order to show cause shall be served pursuant to
Rule 54
on the judgment debtor, his successors in interest, or his legal representatives.
(
c
)
Judgment of Revival.
If
the judgment debtor, his successors in interest, or legal representatives fail to appear and show cause why the judgment should not be revived, the court shall enter an order reviving the judgment.
(Adopted May 22, 1987, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Amended Jun. 25, 2019, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
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