[meatpopsicle]

^ non union lawyer.

This dumbass just took his proper private process they've just acquiesced to (silence == acceptance), and made it public in such a way that obliterates his remedy. I would have just slapped a $50k pricetag on my private correspondence, gotten their agreement (with another step for due process on their part) that they owed that money to me, then filed a lien with the US Secretary of State's office. once the lien is perfected, you file a lien against the CFO of McDonald's, and you can use the county sheriffs to seize assets on your behalf. This will work even if you're in France, and you're dealing with an American Corporation (UNCITRAL Convention is your guideline).

If you can script a mod for Neverwinter Nights, you can learn Contract Law. It astounds me how many people refuse to learn it, but allow their lives to be ruined by their ignorance in the subject.

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I hear this suggested as a remedy quite often (especially in the 'freeman of the land' circles), but never any stories of it being used successfully. Do you know of any cases where a commercial lien has been used and they actually paid up?

[meatpopsicle]

I try to stay away from terrorists, especially "Freeman" types. "Lawful Excuse" does not mean what they think it means, and overall, the movement has been co-opted to promote vexatious litigation.

Once your lien is established, You file a complaint in court (whether County, or CQB if .uk/.au/.nz/.ca), issue a seizure order for the judge to rubber-stamp, and direct the Sheriff to go seize property for you. I've personally witnessed it working in 3 canadian provinces (BC, AB, SK), and 2 states (California and Arizona). I'm hesitant to name names, though; if you're curious, and you can find a public court registry (most canadian provinces have them online), start looking up the names of the current or former chiefs of police, wardens (Maricopa County, AZ is great for this). you'll see lots of proper process and liens.

This is outside of registering your lien with Equifax/Experian/TransUnion (which is also very effective), should you want to affect their overall credit history.

Personally, as I enjoy banking/finance waaay too much, I like to sell my liens to foreign banks. One law enforcement officer I encountered had all his assets seized (including his house/credit cards), but it only satisfied approximately half the debt owed. Once a wage garnishment order was in place, the rest of the debt was sold to a fairly large corporate bank in New Delhi. Now the officer (who currently has a desk job) pays all but $200/month of his wages to this bank until the lien is paid.

TL;DR: don't worry whether or not they'll be honorable. Get the courts to force them to pay.