Enforcement & Asset Tracing
Winning is half the journey, the other half is finding assets and enforcing within 10 years, before the judgment becomes paper.
Judgments do not turn into money by themselves. The judgment creditor must initiate execution, locate assets, and seize or garnish them, all inside a 10-year window that cannot be extended.
We trace systematically, land, deposits, salaries, shares, receivables, then strike where recovery is fastest.
What this dispute is, and where it comes from
The stage after winning, when the judgment debtor still does not pay, because nothing is in their name, assets were shifted to relatives, or several creditors are racing for the same pool.
Documents & evidence to gather first
- The judgment and finality certificate
- The writ of execution, if issued
- The debtor's ID or company number
- Asset leads, land, accounts, employer, shares
- Evidence of asset-flight transfers, if seen
How we can help
Legal knowledge worth knowing
Execution must be applied for within 10 years of the final judgment or order.
Execution officers may seize movables and immovables and garnish claims, deposits, salaries, rents, of the judgment debtor.
Some income is exempt, civil-servant salaries entirely; private salaries only above THB 20,000 per month, leaving enough to live on.
Transactions made knowing they prejudice creditors, asset-flight transfers, may be rescinded as fraudulent acts.
Supreme Court No. 11069/2554, the ten-year window for execution runs from the day the creditor could first execute and is not a limitation period, so seizing some of the debtor's property within it neither interrupts nor extends it; once it expires the guarantors are discharged under Section 698 of the Civil and Commercial Code.
Limitation periods and deadlines you cannot miss
- 10 yrsExecution window from final judgment, non-extendable
- 1 yrFraudulent-transfer rescission, from knowledge (10-year cap)
- THB 20kMonthly private salary floor protected from garnishment
The above is a brief summary of legal principles for general knowledge only, not advice on any specific case. Statutes may have been amended and application always turns on the facts. Please verify the current law or consult an attorney before acting.