I won my small claims court case...now what?

[Amy Xu]

I filed a small claims case against a contractor. The contractor did not show so the judge ruled in my favor. I didn’t want to ask the judge but...how do I go about collecting the payment?

I’m concerned I won’t get the money because this contractor goes by 2 company names. I filed a case for both companies but the judge said he could only put a judgement on one. Both companies are no longer have active licenses numbers (something I realized after the fact). Any tips on how to collect payments would be appreciated!