T. Barry Gray's List: LIENS

• • Real Property held as tenant in common is lienable against only one of the owners, look infra, see section D.

•   Lien Against All Real Property of Judgment Debtor: 

   

  When entered of record, a judgment operates as a lien against all real property of the judgment debtor in the county in which it was filed.  42 Pa. C.S.A. § 4303(a) (1982).  The lien of a judgment binds all real property of the debtor whether legally or equitably held.
• A judgment is only a lien against the real property which the judgment debtor owns at the time that the judgment is entered.  A judgment is not a lien against real property which the debtor has previously conveyed in good faith.
• Similarly, a judgment is not a lien against real property which the judgment debtor acquires after the judgment has been entered of record.
• However, a judgment can be made a lien against after-acquired real property by revival of the lien after the real property has been acquired. 
• Real property held as tenants-in-common is lienable by judgment creditors of the separate tenants.  Wirtz v. Philips, 251 F. Supp. 789, 808 (W.D. Pa. 1965).   A judgment against one party becomes a lien on the property upon death of the other spouse and the lien priority date is the date the judgment was entered. 
• 21 P.S. §5351

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