Montana Title 25. Civil Procedure § 25-31-914. Lien on real property

The judgment rendered in a justice's court creates a lien upon any lands of the defendant upon the filing of a transcript of the original docket, certified by the clerk of the justice's court, with the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the lands are situated. When filed and from the time of filing, the judgment becomes a lien upon all real property in that county that is owned by the judgment debtor at the time or that the judgment debtor may afterwards and before the lien expires acquire and that is not exempt from execution. The lien continues for 10 years unless the judgment is previously satisfied.