Keep the judgment current
Preserve the judgment and its ongoing history instead of rebuilding the calculation later.
California judgment balance calculator
Calculate a judgment balance and generate a report for free.
Enter the judgment amount, interest rate, costs, payments, credits, CCP references, and balance-through date. Generate a basic Judgment Balance Report without creating an account.
Start a free trial and begin your Judgment Ledger in the dashboard. Your trial begins when your account is created and ends at 11:59 PM Pacific on Day 3. No credit card required.
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Judgment information
Use this page without logging in. The calculation and basic report use the same tested engine as the Judgment Ledger dashboard.
Costs, payments, and credits
Future-dated entries remain in the draft, but are excluded until the balance-through date reaches the entry date.
Why keep a running history?
A judgment is not a one-time calculation.
Interest continues to accrue. Payments and credits reduce the balance. Enforcement costs may be added. Each new calculation depends on the judgment’s prior history.
A running Judgment Ledger keeps that history together, so you do not have to reconstruct dates, entries, and calculations the next time you need an updated balance.
Judgment Ledger
Manage the judgment over time.
Save your calculation as a Judgment Ledger, then keep the judgment’s activity, documents, and reports organized as the balance changes.
Record activity as it occurs
Add costs, payments, and credits with the dates and descriptions that explain each change.
Organize supporting records
Keep receipts and supporting documents with the entries they relate to in the private account dashboard.
Review an organized history
Generate an enhanced report when reviewing the judgment or preparing an MC-012. The report does not replace or complete the official court form.
Judgment Ledger benefit
Smart CCP Lookup without the endless searching
In the Judgment Ledger, begin typing a familiar term such as “abstract,” “writ,” “levy,” or “debtor exam” to find curated cost descriptions and statutory references. The free calculator keeps CCP/statute entry manual.
Smart CCP Lookup is a research and organizational starting point. It does not determine whether a cost is legally recoverable in a particular case.
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Who it is for
Built first for self-represented judgment creditors.
California Judgment Calculator is for people who want a clearer way to track what is owed without rebuilding the judgment history in a spreadsheet or learning professional portfolio software.
It may also help process servers, legal-support providers, collection professionals, and others who work with California judgments.
Judgment Ledger plans
Choose the capacity your account needs.
Each annual plan includes the Judgment Ledger features described above. Purchasing is not yet available on this page.
Your trial starts when your account is created and ends at 11:59 PM Pacific on Day 3. No credit card required.