Short answer for Illinois: The plaintiff's attorney may file a Memorandum of Judgment with the recorder of deeds office.  The judgment will then attach to any real property owned by the judgment debtor in the county in which the Memorandum is filed.

Sign in the men's room of a northwoods, Wisconsin lodge: 
"Remember, the same hand that picks the cigarette butts out of this urinal...Puts the ice cubes in your drinks."

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