# Your first execution file

Open an execution file for a judgment the client won, start it, record the amount it awards and its first enforcement procedure.

This walk-through follows one execution file from its opening to its first enforcement procedure. The client won a judgment on a supply contract, and the firm now asks the execution court to enforce it.

## Before you start {#before-you-start}

- You need the **User: Own Documents** level or higher on **Executions** (in the **Legal Rights** section of your user).
- The client exists as a contact, the lawyer in the lawyers directory, and the court in **Law/Courts** with **Execution Court** ticked.

## Step 1: open the file {#open-the-file}

1. Open **Executions/Executions** and click **New**.
2. Write the **Subject**, choose the **Type** (**Financial** here, since the judgment awards money), the **Client** and its **Client Role**: **Executor** when the client asks for the enforcement.
3. Choose the **Lawyers**, the **Court** and type the **Number** the court gave the file. The **Court** list shows only the execution courts.

![The file with its subject, type, client and the client's role, lawyer, execution court and number.](https://jaah.app/web/image/8078-0292f4ac/law-execution-first-execution-first_execution_form-en.png)

4. Click the cloud icon **Save manually**. The file takes its sequence and starts as a **Draft**.

## Step 2: start the work {#start-the-work}

Open **Actions** › **In Progress**. The file is now in progress, and its **Actions** add hearings, decisions and sessions, finish, suspend or reject it.

![The file is now In Progress; its actions open the procedures, decisions and sessions.](https://jaah.app/web/image/8082-10b09f1b/law-execution-first-execution-first_execution_progress-en.png)

## Step 3: record the amount awarded {#record-the-amount}

In the **Financial Execution** tab, type the **Total Amount** the judgment awards. Each payment collected later is added below it, and the file computes what is paid and what remains.

![The amount the judgment awards; what is collected is subtracted from it.](https://jaah.app/web/image/8086-45f33043/law-execution-first-execution-first_execution_amount-en.png)

## Step 4: add the first procedure {#add-the-first-procedure}

1. In the **Enforcement Procedures** tab, click **Add a line**.
2. Type the **Number** and the **Subject** of the request filed with the court, then click **Save & Close**.

![The first enforcement procedure of the file, under review until the court acts on it.](https://jaah.app/web/image/8090-d4fffe77/law-execution-first-execution-first_procedure-en.png)

The procedure starts under review; its **In Progress**, **Finished** and **Reject** buttons follow the court's answer. Click **Save manually** to keep the file.

## What you have done {#what-you-have-done}

The file exists with its parties, court and amount, it is in progress, and its first procedure waits for the court. Next, follow the procedure, record the court's decisions and the money collected, and close the file when the judgment is fully enforced.

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- Source: https://jaah.app/docs/law-execution/first-execution
- Updated: 2026-10-14
- Version: Executions 19.0.1.1.37
- Verified: 2026-10-14