The clerk shall enter the
satisfaction of a judgment in any of the following circumstances:
(1) upon the filing of a statement of
satisfaction of the judgment executed and acknowledged by:
(A) the judgment-creditor, or
(B) by a legal representative or assignee
of the judgment-creditor who files evidence of their authority, or
(C) if the filing is within two years of
the entry of the judgment, by the attorney or proctor of record for the
judgment- creditor.
(2) upon payment to the court of the
amount of the judgment plus interest and costs;
(3) if the judgment-creditor is the
United States, upon the filing of a statement of satisfaction executed by the
United States attorney;
(4) in an admiralty proceeding, upon
issuance of an order of satisfaction, such order to be made on the consent of
the proctors if such consent be given within two years from the entry of the
decree; or
(5) upon receipt of a certified copy of a
statement of satisfaction entered in another district.