State Act
Section 640
Art. 640 – The judgment failed debt shall be annulled when, within thirty years from the last proceedings in the recovery case wherein the debtor was summoned, or from the due date of maturity of the debt, if no summons were served, properties of the debtor, capable of being confiscated, are discovered. § 1. In this case, the judgment being annulled by order of the administrator, the assets shall be attached and other proceedings shall follow as if no judgment had taken place. § 2. The clerk dealing with the file and the clerk of the comunidade shall inform the administrator and arrange for the annulment of the judgment of the failed debt as soon as it comes to their notice the existence of assets that the debtors, guarantors and other co-responsible persons possess from which the debt can be recovered. § 3. The annulment of the failed debt cannot be effected in case provided in the article 636.