---
title: "Post-judgment examination outline (Rule 69)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/us-postjudgment-examination-outline"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a46-us-postjudgment-examination-outline"
area_id: "A46"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A46-A20260923-4", "A46-X20260927-4", "A46-R20260922-4"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Post-judgment examination outline (Rule 69)

> Outline of topics for discovery in aid of a federal money judgment under Rule 69(a)(2). It is a question list for counsel, not a sworn statement for the debtor to sign.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/us-postjudgment-examination-outline  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Debt Recovery & Civil Enforcement](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 3 authorities it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use after a federal money judgment, to prepare a deposition or other discovery of the judgment debtor or a third party. The procedure also has to accord with the state where the court sits, to the extent Rule 69(a)(1) borrows it. Check that state's procedure before serving anything.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft an examination, garnishee or third-party debt application from the asset notes](https://ailawframework.com/practice/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/draft-an-examination-garnishee-or-third-party-debt-application-from-the.md)
- [Build the debtor's means and asset picture before choosing an enforcement step](https://ailawframework.com/practice/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/build-the-debtor-s-means-and-asset-picture-before-choosing-an-enforcemen.md)
- [Compare enforcement options after judgment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/compare-enforcement-options-after-judgment.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may group questions on assets, work and transfers from the judgment and the lawyer's asset notes. The lawyer chooses the procedure and writes no answer for the debtor.

**AI may:**

- Lay out topic headings from the asset notes the lawyer provides
- Tie each heading to the judgment amount and date
- List a question that assumes an asset the notes do not mention

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the debtor's answers or a sworn questionnaire for the debtor to sign
- Must not state that an asset is exempt or not exempt
- Must not serve a subpoena, a deposition notice, or a writ

**The lawyer checks:**

- The outline is aimed at collecting the judgment, not at relitigating liability
- The lawyer has chosen federal discovery or the forum state's procedure, and has read that procedure
- Exemption questions are marked for the lawyer, with no dollar amounts filled in

## Authorities

- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 69(a)(1) and (2) (execution follows state procedure unless a federal statute governs; discovery in aid of the judgment as in the Civil Rules or state procedure)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_69)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b) and (d) (if the examination is an oral deposition: notice, and one day of seven hours unless varied)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_30)
- [Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1) (scope, applied to the assets and transfers that bear on collection)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_26)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/us-postjudgment-examination-outline and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*