(1) All goods
and chattels, lands, tenements, and real estate of every person against whom any
judgment is obtained in any court of record in this state, either at law or in equity, or
against whom any foreign judgment is filed with the clerk of any court of this state
in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments Act pursuant to article 53 of this title, which judgment, in either case, is
for any debt, damages, costs, or other sum of money are liable to be sold on
execution to be issued upon such judgment. A transcript of the judgment record of
such judgment, certified by the clerk of such court, may be recorded in any county;
and from the time of recording such transcript, and not before, the judgment shall
become a lien upon all the real estate, not exempt from execution 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, until such lien
expires. The lien of such judgment shall expire six years after the entry of judgment
unless, prior to the expiration of such 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, in which event the lien shall continue for six years from the entry of the
revived judgment. A lien may be obtained with respect to a revived judgment in the
same manner as an original judgment and the lien of a revived judgment may be
continued in the same manner as the lien of an original judgment. The lien of any
judgment shall expire if the judgment is satisfied or considered as satisfied as
provided in this section. The lien created by recording a notice of lien of a judgment
for child support or maintenance or arrears thereof or child support debt pursuant
to section 14-10-122, C.R.S., shall be governed by such section. The lien created by
recording a transcript of an order for restitution pursuant to section 16-18.5-104
(5)(a), C.R.S., shall be governed by article 18.5 of title 16, C.R.S.
(2) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), execution
may issue on any judgment described in subsection (1) of this section to enforce the
same at any time within twenty years from the entry thereof, but not afterwards,
unless revived as provided by law, and, after twenty years from the entry of final
judgment in any court of this state, the judgment shall be considered as satisfied in
full, unless so revived.
(b) (I) With respect to judgments entered in county courts on or after July 1,
1981, the time limitation within which execution may issue is six years from the
entry thereof, but not afterwards, unless revived as provided by law, and, after six
years from the entry of final judgment in any county court of this state, the
judgment shall be considered as satisfied in full, unless so revived.
(II) The twenty-year limitation contained in paragraph (a) of this subsection
(2) shall not apply to judgments entered for restitution pursuant to article 18.5 of
title 16, C.R.S. Execution may issue on judgments for restitution at any time until
paid in full.
(c) If, after the date that a transcript of judgment is recorded in a county,
some portion or all of such county is merged with, annexed to, or otherwise
becomes part of some other county or city and county, whether then existing or
newly formed, then:
(I) It shall not be necessary to record the transcript of judgment in such other
county or city and county in order to continue the lien of the judgment and the
priority thereof as to any real estate that the judgment debtor acquired before or
acquires after the date of recording of the transcript of judgment if such real estate
was in the county in which the transcript of judgment was recorded on or after the
date of recording of the transcript of judgment; and
(II) If such judgment is revived as provided by law, timely recording of a
transcript of the revived judgment in such other county or city and county is
necessary to continue the lien of the original judgment and the priority thereof with
respect to any real estate that was in the county in which the transcript of the
original judgment was recorded on or after the date of recording the transcript of
the original judgment but, at the time of recording of the transcript of the revived
judgment, is in such other county or city and county.
(3) The term real estate as used in this section includes all interests of the
defendant or any person to his use held or claimed by virtue of any deed, bond,
covenant, or otherwise for a conveyance or as mortgagor of lands in fee, for life, or
for years.
(4) (a) Any person, including a title insurance company as defined by article
11 of title 10, C.R.S., who makes representations concerning the existence of any
judgment lien on the real property of another shall have the duty to make a bona
fide good faith effort, prior to the making of such representations, to determine
whether the person against whom the judgment was obtained is the same person as
the person who holds an interest in the real property which is the subject of the
representation. If a bona fide good faith effort is made and such effort fails to
disclose satisfactory information as to whether or not the person against whom the
judgment was obtained is the same person as the person who holds an interest in
the real property which is the subject of the representation, then, in that event, the
person or title insurance company who makes the representation may require the
person who holds an interest in the real property which is the subject of the
representation to provide satisfactory evidence or information that he is not the
same person as the judgment debtor.
(b) Any person, including a title insurance company as defined by article 11 of
title 10, C.R.S., who makes representations concerning the existence of any
judgment lien on the real property of another without making a bona fide good faith
effort, prior to the making of such representations, to determine whether the
person against whom the judgment was obtained is the same person as the person
who holds an interest in the real property which is the subject of the representation
is liable to any person damaged by the failure to make such effort in a sum of not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for his actual and
exemplary damages. The prevailing party shall recover the costs of the action
together with reasonable attorney fees, as determined by the court. No action
pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall be brought more than one year after the date of
the representation concerning the existence of the judgment lien.
(c) As used in this subsection (4), bona fide good faith effort means
honesty in fact in the effort to discover and determine the actual and true identity
of the judgment debtor against whom the judgment lien attaches. The effort shall
include but need not be limited to an examination of the judgment debtor's social
security number, his driver's license, his address, his birth record, and the court
record in the action which resulted in the judgment lien, if available.