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I was always under the impression that a title report would disclose any liens or judgments of any kind affecting the property, but what do I know ... But... I wonder if the reason it’s not showing up is that the criminal judgment was incorporated into a court
order rather than separately entered and indexed as a judgment, which could explain why it wasn’t picked up in the title search? Just a thought... </div>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Title commitment and criminal judgment liens</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I have a client who ordered a preliminary title commitment that doesn’t show any judgment liens. But the client does have a criminal restitution judgment that is in the process of being paid off. The title company apparently told the
client that “certain criminal judgment liens do not appear in a standard title search.”</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Huh? Any idea what that would mean? Judgments are judgments, indexed and discoverable in the same way regardless of whether they’re civil or criminal—so far as I know, anyway. Can anybody enlighten me?</p>
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