Unless it is a municipal lien, I don't think a utility company can create a lien without a judgment. If the lien was created by a non-owner, the judgment would be against that person, not the property.
Most municipal liens have to go to tax sale first. and those would be recorded.
(Note: the above this is not 100% boiler-plate for every city across the US, like NYC, for example)
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