Judgment becomes lien when abstract recorded with county recorder. A judgment rendered in a justice’s court creates no lien upon any lands of the defendant, unless an abstract is recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands are situated. When so recorded and from the time of the recording, the judgment becomes a lien upon all the real property of the judgment debtor, not exempt from execution, in the county, owned by him at the time, or which he acquires before the lien expires. The lien continues for 6 years, unless the judgment is previously satisfied.
Last modified: February 26, 2006