MC-012’s full title is Memorandum of Costs After Judgment, Acknowledgment of Credit, and Declaration of Accrued Interest. It lists costs claimed after judgment, acknowledges payments and how they were applied, and states the principal and accrued interest remaining. It cites Code of Civil Procedure sections 685.040, 685.070 and 695.220.
When it is used
Read MC-013-INFO first
The form refers to MC-013-INFO for which costs are recoverable and how to calculate interest. The judgment creditor, their agent or their attorney signs under penalty of perjury.
Section by section
What each part asks
Use the current official form and its instructions. The descriptions below identify the questions without choosing answers for your situation.
Items 1–4 and the notice
1 · Postjudgment costs
Costs incurred within the last two years, such as an abstract of judgment, a writ of execution and levying officer fees, plus previously allowed costs and a total.
2 · Credits
Total payments to date, applied first to accrued interest and then to judgment principal.
3 · Accrued interest
Principal and interest remaining due, the legal rate and the amount it applies to.
4 · Declaration
Who signs, and that the costs are correct, reasonable, necessary and unsatisfied.
Notice to the judgment debtor
Costs with a writ of execution (up to $100 combined), and a motion to tax filed no later than 10 days after service.
Before you file
Common filing problems to check
These checks come from the official form and instructions. They are not a ranking of rejection reasons; the court decides whether a filing meets its requirements.
Costs older than two years are claimed in item 1, which asks for costs incurred within the last two years.
Payments are not applied to accrued interest first, as item 2 describes.
The total in 1c does not add the current claim to all previously allowed postjudgment costs.
The declaration is unsigned or does not say whether the signer is the creditor, an agent or the attorney.
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Yes. The form’s notice says a motion to tax the costs must be filed no later than 10 days after service of the memorandum (Code of Civil Procedure section 685.070(c)).
Where do I learn which costs are allowed?
MC-012 points to form MC-013-INFO for recoverable costs and for calculating interest.
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