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What is a Judgment Lien?

Note that a judgment lien is placed on a debtor's personal or real property by a court ruling in order to secure the timely payment of a debt by the debtor. Judgment liens are usually the result of civil lawsuits.

If you win a judgment lien against a person who owns a property, you will not necessarily get the property; however, you will become legally entitled to funds that arise from the sale of that property after the mortgage loan is paid.

Examples of Judgment Lien

  • Example 1: Property lien

Here’s Investopedia’s definition of a Judgment Lien .

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