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if he doesn't show to contest it, a judgment is found in your favor, and basically says he owes you you're full amount.
at that point that part of small claims court is done. Then after a few days i think it is or before a certain number of days, you file with the county to have them collect for you. Basically they will issue the judgment in person, or by his local sheriffs office, and he will be told he has certain number of days to make payments. In this step, you add in all court fees, and they will add in their additional fees. Then u just sit back and wait. Every month you should receive a check from the state/county until you total is reached. At that stage is when they can garnish wages or seize property etc.
i sold a car back in 2000 for $800... i got 200 down and trusted him to pay the rest off weekly... he never did so i took him to small claims court for the remaining 600. he didnt show. judgment was in my favor then, and the next day i went to his job and told him. he said he didnt care about what the judge said and he wasnt paying. the following day or so i filed to have the county collect and few weeks later received my first check. i got 3 checks each for 250 about. i got back my 600 plus fees and other stuff. On top of that the checks showed each payment was like 330... and the state/county got like 80 a month for collecting. in the end, he ended up paying about 1200 for the car.
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