A judgment lien can be attached to the debtor's real estate -- meaning a house, condo, land, or similar kind of property interest. Filing a judgment lien on a property can help you collect a debt, but a number of factors can affect the outcome.Read on to find out. Obtain and fill out Abstract of Judgment. (EJ-001) and Notice of Lien (EJ-185) and file with the court where the debtor's lawsuit is pending. You can put a lien on that property so that if they ever sell or refinance the property you might get paid. To do this, you first need an Abstract of Judgment. It means there is a judgment entered against you somewhere and they have now recorded it in San Bernardino County. To obtain a judgment lien, you must first record the judgment with the court of common pleas in the county where the debtor owns property. Homeowners who complete bankruptcy without also avoiding the judgment lien find that the judgment lien survived the bankruptcy, so the home is in the same.