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Re: Attaches to both like super glue.In Reply to: Re: Are not judgements against the person not the property? posted by Larry Van Valkenburgh on January 14, 2002 at 3:02 PM : I was under the impression that most judgements were against the individual and that they were not connected with the property and hence had no capacity to cloud the title. Am I wrong? : Thanks, LarryVV =•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•=•= Larry, by operation of law, an abstract of judgment (AJ) automatically attaches to the title of any real estate that’s in the name of the judgment debtor, from whenever the judgment creditor records his abstract of the judgment until the debtor cries uncle and pays it off. An AJ acts to cloud not only the title to real property the judgment debtor currently owns, but any future property the debtor might come into title on also. Furthermore, the affected debtor cannot refinance nor sell any attached property without paying off the judgment. I think most people would agree that a recorded AJ is probably the worst type of cloud you could ever have against you. It effectively shuts you down indefinitely (since a judgment is renewable innumerable times) from personally participating in the fabulous game of “real estate”. Follow Ups:
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