If there is a judgment or lien on your credit report and that judgment has been satisfied, you must contact the credit reporting agency in writing and include copies of the documents that support your position, for example, a copy of the signed warrant to satisfy judgment.
If a judgment is old, it may need to be revived before it can be enforced. Illinois law governs the enforcement and resurrection of judgments. Under Illinois law, judgments have an enforcement time limit of seven years from the date of their entry.
(b) The lien of every mortgage, trust deed in the nature of a mortgage, and vendor's lien, in which no due date is stated upon the face, or is ascertainable from the written terms thereof, shall cease by limitation after the expiration of 30 years from the date of the instrument creating the lien, unless the owner of ...
In Illinois, a judgment from an Illinois state court, or a federal court located in Illinois, becomes a lien on real property only after a transcript, certified copy, or memorandum of the judgment is recorded at the office of the county recorder in the county where the property is located. 735 ILCS 5/12-101.
A judgment is not a lien on real estate for longer than 7 years from the time it is entered or revived, unless the judgment is revived within 7 years after its entry or last revival and a new memorandum of judgment is recorded prior to the judgment and its recorded memorandum of judgment becoming dormant.
Consumer debt judgments entered after January 1, 2020 last 7 years and can be revived once for another 7 years. The creditor must ask the court to revive the judgment before 10 years have passed since it was first entered. This gives the creditor a total of 17 years to collect.
The easy answer is yes, credit card companies can put a lien on your house. They can file a claim for your property to cover unpaid debts.
Judgment liens do not last for the full twenty years that the judgment is enforceable. The lien will expire seven years from the time it is recorded. 735 ILCS 5/12-101. However, real estate that has been levied upon within the seven-year period is allowed one additional year to be sold to enforce the judgment.
If you wish to fight renewal of judgment, you must file a motion to vacate the renewal within 30 days of receipt notice of renewal.