Pursuant to the General Statutes, the judgment creditor or the attorney for the judgment creditor may file a written application with the court for an execution to collect an unsatisfied money judgment.
Section 17-52.Executions
Current through August 12, 2025 (2026 Practice Book edition) · Last verified July 9, 2026
In one sentenceA judgment creditor collects an unpaid money judgment by filing a written application with the court asking for an execution.
Full Text of Section 17-52
Amendment History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 387.)
Plain-English Summary
Once a court has entered a money judgment that hasn’t been paid, the judgment creditor — or the creditor’s attorney — can start the collection process by filing a written application with the court. That application asks the court to issue an execution, the formal order that authorizes enforcement of the unsatisfied judgment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can apply for an execution on a money judgment?
The judgment creditor or the attorney for the judgment creditor may file the written application.
What does an execution do?
An execution is the court’s order authorizing collection of a money judgment that hasn’t been satisfied.
How does a creditor start the execution process?
By filing a written application with the court, as authorized under the General Statutes, requesting an execution.
Does this rule apply to eviction judgments?
No. This rule addresses executions on unsatisfied money judgments generally; summary process (eviction) executions are governed separately.
Source & verification. The section text is reproduced verbatim from the
official Connecticut Practice Book (Conn. Practice Book § 17-52). Prescribed by the Judges of the Superior Court of Connecticut (Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 51-14). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified July 9, 2026. ·
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