judgement on credit report

i am wondering if a judgement has to be paid in full BEFORE closing or if it can be paid at the time of closing... from my understanding most lenders go by your middle fico credit score... my lowest score has a small 315 dollar judgement on it which will be thrown out and disregarded from a scoring standpoint from what i understand however even though the judgement is only on that lowest credit report it still needs to be paid before closing is what ive been told...heres the problem : this was a small civil case small claims court and i have attempted to pay this at the local court house but the court house told me they dont accept payment that i would have to pay the plaintiffs themselves and hope that they will file the proper documentation to prove "satisfaction of judgement" ..i asked the courthouse if they have these "satisfaction of judgement" forms for them to fill out at the time of payment and they told me no that they dont handle any of that...that it is up to the plaintiff/plaintiffs attorney... well now im stuck trying to track these people down and if or how i would get what ever proper documentation into the courts to show its been paid...i have the 315 to pay..just trying to figure out how to make it shown that it has been paid....or wondering if i even need to worry about this and just pay the 315 during closing and the attorney at closing would handle getting the satisfaction of judgement form?????? lost at what to do by whgoff_873_173 from Charleston, West Virginia. Aug 25th 2011 Reply