§ 724.110.Debtor's Demand for Acknowledgment of Partial Satisfaction

Not every payment on a judgment pays it off entirely, and this section gives the debtor a way to get that partial progress reflected on the record. A judgment debtor, or the owner of real or personal property subject to a judgment lien created under the judgment, can serve the creditor with a written demand — personally or by mail — asking the creditor to execute, acknowledge, and deliver an acknowledgment of partial satisfaction.

If the judgment really has been partially satisfied, the creditor has to comply within 15 days after receiving the demand — the same timeline § 724.050 sets for full satisfaction. And just as with full satisfaction, silence has consequences: if the creditor doesn't comply in time, the person who made the demand can bring a noticed motion, served on the creditor, asking the court to step in. If the court finds partial satisfaction did occur and the creditor didn't comply, it determines the amount of that partial satisfaction and can order the creditor to comply with the demand.

Notice that this chapter, unlike § 724.050, doesn't carry its own statutory-damages or $100-forfeiture provision — the remedy here is the court's determination of the amount and, where warranted, an order compelling compliance.