§ 1-17-306 — Lien of judgments of circuit courts

(a) The party in whose favor a judgment is rendered by a
circuit court if the judgment is not appealed or stayed, may
file with the clerk of the district court and the county clerk
of the county in which the judgment was rendered a transcript
thereof, certifying therein the amount paid thereon, if any. The
clerk of court shall enter the case on the execution docket,
together with the amount of the judgment and the time of filing
the transcript with the county clerk. If within ten (10) days
after the judgment was rendered, the judgment debtor pays the
same or gives bond for stay of execution, the justice shall
immediately certify that fact to the clerk of the district court
and the county clerk. The district court clerk shall enter a
memorandum thereof upon the docket. The cost of the transcript,
the filing, recording and the entry on the docket shall be paid
by the party who files and records the transcript and not be
taxed to the other party.
(b) The judgment shall be a lien on the real estate of the
judgment debtor within the county from the day the transcript is
filed with the county clerk provided the transcript has also
been filed previously or that same day with the clerk of
district court.
(c) Execution may be issued on the judgment at any time
after filing the transcript as if the judgment had been rendered
in the district court.