When may a judgment lien be placed on real property (real estate)?
• Pursuant to C.G.S. 52-380a, a judgment lien may be placed on the land records in the town clerk’s office in the town where the real property is located when a money judgment is unpaid. • A judgment lien certificate must be signed by the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s attorney. • From the time of the recording of the judgment lien certificate, the money judgment shall be a lien on the judgment debtor’s interest in the real property described. • The judgment lien shall expire twenty years after the judgment was rendered unless the party claiming the lien commences an action to foreclose it within that period of time and follows the remaining requirements of the statute. For more complete information, see C.G.S. 52-380a.
Pursuant to C.G.S. 52-380a, a judgment lien may be placed on the land records in the town clerk’s office in the town where the real property is located when a money judgment is unpaid. A judgment lien certificate must be signed by the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s attorney. From the time of the recording of the judgment lien certificate, the money judgment shall be a lien on the judgment debtor’s interest in the real property described. The judgment lien shall expire twenty years after the judgment was rendered unless the party claiming the lien commences an action to foreclose it within that period of time and follows the remaining requirements of the statute. For more complete information, see C.G.S. 52-380a.
