Mr. Johnson has not been making his mortgage payments, and there is a lien on the house.
They have not received a check for three months, and there is a lien on the trailer, Mr. Wolfe said.
In the publishing world, he said, "there's a lien against altering your life, but here's an exhibit that treats imaginary biography as an art form, a trend".
"There was a lien holder — someone who had lent money to Rethink.
When my wife applied for pre-approval on a home mortgage loan, she learned there was a lien on my credit report -- as a result of someone else's $4,009.86 debt.
If there is a lien on the houseboat, it is yours when you buy it.
You may not have possession of your title if there is a lien against your vehicle.
Find out whether there's a lien on the property due to a previous owner's payment defaults, and whether there are plans to change the immediate neighborhood in terms of infrastructure and other commercial, residential, or industrial developments.
And since only the legal owner of a property can agree to allow a mortgage to be placed on the property, the mortgage executed by the unsuspecting purchaser would not be a valid lien on the property.
The home on the property could burn down, the current possessor could destroy it, there could be environmental contamination, it could be seized because of criminal activity on the property, etc. (There could be an IRS lien on the property, however, county tax liens supersede even IRS liens).
