983. The judgment, including a summary of the reasons for the decision, is recorded in writing and signed by the judge, special clerk or clerk who rendered it. The judgment in a contested action must be rendered within four months of the hearing; any other judgment must be rendered within 30 days after the record is complete.
Unless the judgment is rendered at the hearing in the presence of the parties, the clerk sends a certified copy of the judgment to each party as soon as it is rendered.
The clerk sends a notice to the debtor, with the copy of the judgment, stating that a judgment has been rendered against the debtor and that upon the failure to pay the debt due, the debtor’s property may be seized and, if necessary, sold by judicial sale.
1971, c. 86, s. 1; 1975, c. 83, s. 75; 1977, c. 73, s. 41; 1982, c. 32, s. 55; 1984, c. 26, s. 27; 1992, c. 63, s. 6; 1996, c. 5, s. 59; 2002, c. 7, s. 148.