Rhonda, you do not understand the arbitration process. It is a method of alternate dispute resolution for debt collection. If the client does not pay the arbitration award, it is a simple matter of having the court affirm the award. In which case it becomes fully enforceable as a court judgment. This is an expedited procedure, and you get your court filing fees awarded to you when the award is affirmed by the court. Once affirmed the award can be collected through the legal procedures of each state.

The biggest problem that I see posted on SOT with respect to non payment is the abstractors' concern with the expense of litigating interstate claims. The costs and expenses of arbitration can be addressed and limited in the contract between the abstractor and his client. It can also provide for recovery of attorney's fees for the prevailing party. Normally the costs and expenses of arbitration are split between the claimant and the respondent. The prevailing party receives reimbursement for his end of the costs and expenses as part of the award.

I would have to take exception to your statement that a judgment will not get you the money. I have been enforcing them for 24 years. It is quite a shock when the marshal shows up at the defendant's door step to levy on his property, bank account or accounts receivable held by the defendant's clients. If you are not getting paid on a judgment...either the defendant has no assets , or you are not enforcing it properly.

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