Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Massachusetts

Re: How does one go about placing a lien on property?

You need to act quickly, once the property is sold it is going to be difficult.

There are two ways to go about this:

1. Ask the court to issue an "execution" and then send that to the sherriff for your area and have the sherriff record that at the Registry of Deeds. It must be on record prior to the closing. Check with the Sherriff first to make certain they will do this.

2. File a separate lawsuit (called a suit on a judgment) and ask the court for a pretrial attachment. This can not be done in Small Claims.

If we can assist you we are happy to do so. Our fee is one third of the amount recovered plus costs and costs have to be sent in advance.

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