How to get this on his credit report?

File a small claims suit against the person. No lawyer required and if you win the filing fees you have to pay will be added to the judgement. In Minnesota it's not called small claims, but conciliation court. Not sure what it will cost to file, but where I live its about $100. A judgment will attach to their credit and earn interest too (4%/yr)

I think if you sue him and win it goes on his credit report. The judge issues a judgement when you win but he nor the court does anything to help you collect. You could hire a collection agency if any bother with such claims or you could hire an attorney to try and garnish his wages.

I was sued over $1150 about 30 years ago. The idiot lady who bought a car from me worked at the DMV and would not let me get the document needed so she could get a title. I know judges don't really want to hear the reasons why so I did not show up to court. I got something in the mail that said I lost and owed her $1150+ however much the court filing fee cost her.

I did nothing for about 9 months. Then I was served a subpoena asking for all my financial information.

At that point, I knew I was toast so I called her attorney and arranged to pay her and get the car back.

The entire incident was because she thought I sold her a car with a leaking gas tank on purpose so she was convinced the car was worthless. In reality, I paid my mechanic $60 tor repair it.

Later the law changed so that the buyer no longer got the title so they could not purposefully keep me from getting the title done as this lady did.

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Another time I was sued over a $90 deposit. A person put down a deposit toward buying a car 2 days later.

Then they changed their mind and wanted the deposit back. I refused. Because my time was worth more than $90, I did not show up for court and lost. I never paid a dime.

Back then, you could not easily see your credit so I had no idea if they showed up on my credit but it never kept me from getting whatever credit card I might have wanted. Although I did not regularly apply for credit either.

The point of all this is just because you spend money and win does not mean you will ever collect a dime without spending even more.

Plus, if you spent to garnish their wages and they quit their job, you are SOL.

The cost of small claims is based on the value of the claim so the higher it is the more it costs you to file. You probably will win but its not like the person is going to show up at your door the next day and pay you every penny they owe.

You first need to track him down to find where he is living as you need an address to sue. Small claims court and you sue for rent owed ( check your local small claims court for costs) File, he will get a letter about the court date... if he doesn't go you win even if he does as long as you can prove he owes the money, a CCJ will be given and a date by which he has to pay, if he doesn't pay the CCJ goes on his record

If he moved out legally and so you cannot evict him, then just sue him. However, I find it hard to believe. What's the money he owes you for? Rent that he didn't pay? So, why don't you evict him?

Sue him and win.

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