Short answer. No. Rule 39, Section 36 of the Rules of Court lets a judgment creditor ask the court to examine you about your property and income when a judgment against you remains unpaid, but it expressly bars requiring you to appear before a court or commissioner outside the province or city where you reside or are found.
What the law says
When the return of a writ of execution issued against property of a judgment obligor, or any one of several obligors in the same judgment, shows that the judgment remains unsatisfied, in whole or in part
Rule 39, Section 36 — Examination of judgment obligor when judgment unsatisfied. Read the full provision →
What the law says
entitled to an order from the court which rendered the said judgment, requiring such judgment obligor to appear and be examined concerning his property and income before such court or before a commissioner appointed by it, at a specified time and place
Rule 39, Section 36 — Examination of judgment obligor when judgment unsatisfied. Read the full provision →
What the law says
no judgment obligor shall be so required to appear before a court or commissioner outside the province or city in which such obligor resides or is found
Rule 39, Section 36 — Examination of judgment obligor when judgment unsatisfied. Read the full provision →
What the law says
proceedings may thereupon be had for the application of the property and income of the judgment obligor towards the satisfaction of the judgment
Rule 39, Section 36 — Examination of judgment obligor when judgment unsatisfied. Read the full provision →
When a creditor can call for this examination
Section 36 does not let a judgment creditor demand this examination the moment a case is won. It applies specifically when the return of a writ of execution issued against property of a judgment obligor, or any one of several obligors in the same judgment, shows that the judgment remains unsatisfied, in whole or in part. The creditor must first have tried to execute the judgment against your property, and the sheriff's return on that writ has to show the judgment is still unpaid, wholly or partly, before the creditor can move for this kind of examination at all.
What the court can require of you
Once that condition is met, the judgment creditor becomes entitled to an order from the court which rendered the said judgment, requiring such judgment obligor to appear and be examined concerning his property and income before such court or before a commissioner appointed by it, at a specified time and place. The examination can be conducted directly before the court itself, or before a commissioner the court appoints for that purpose, and it can cover both your property and your income — the two categories the creditor may go after to satisfy the judgment.
The geographic limit on where you appear
This is where your question is answered directly. The same provision states plainly: no judgment obligor shall be so required to appear before a court or commissioner outside the province or city in which such obligor resides or is found. That limit protects you from being dragged to a distant province simply because the creditor filed the case there or prefers a different venue for the examination — it has to happen where you actually reside or are found, not wherever is convenient for your creditor.
What follows the examination
The examination is not the end goal by itself — it is the information-gathering step the rule allows so that, once your property and income are disclosed, proceedings may thereupon be had for the application of the property and income of the judgment obligor towards the satisfaction of the judgment. Whatever assets or income the examination uncovers can then become the basis for further steps aimed at actually collecting on the unpaid judgment, which is why creditors use this tool once a straightforward levy on known property has come up short.