Opinion ID: 2586444
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Heading: Judgment Liens

Text: In order to obtain a judgment lien on property located in Colorado, a creditor in possession of a valid judgment obtained in any court of record in this state ... or a foreign judgment [ ] filed with the clerk of any court of this state in accordance with the provisions of the `Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act' files a transcript of the judgment record, certified by the clerk of such court in any county in which the property is located. § 13-52-102(1). After the transcript of judgment record is filed with the county clerk and recorder, the judgment becomes a lien upon all the real estate... in the county where such transcript of judgment is recorded, owned by such judgment debtor or which such judgment debtor may afterwards acquire in such county. Id. While judgments in Colorado last for twenty years, judgment liens expire six years after entry of judgment. Id.; C.R.C.P. 54. In the case of judgment liens based on foreign judgments domesticated in Colorado under the Uniform Act, the six-year period begins to run from the date the foreign court entered the original judgment. Baum v. Baum, 820 P.2d 1122, 1123 (Colo.App.1991). However, judgment liens can be extended if, prior to the expiration of [the original six-year period], such judgment is revived as provided by law and a transcript of the judgment record of such revived judgment, certified by the clerk of the court in which such revived judgment was entered, is recorded in the same county in which the transcript of the original judgment was recorded. § 13-52-102(1).