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by meatpopsicle 5038 days ago
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.