Can a lien be placed against investments in the stock market?

Question

Can a lien be placed against investments in the stock market?

Answer 1

It sure can, nothing is sacred, especially if it's a lien requested by the government.

Many time accounts with brokerage firms are specially coded and restricted since they have a lien against them.

Answer 2

Oh yeah, even your IRA is fair game.

Answer 3

No. a stock cannot have a lein on it.

A brokerage firm will place rules on margin accounts for stocks that are not fully paid for. But this is not called a lein.

"In law, a lien is a form of security interest granted over an item of property to secure the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation. The owner of the property, who grants the lien, is referred to as the lienor and the person who has the benefit of the lien is referred to as the lienee."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lien

If you owe someone money they can just send it to collections and or sue. The assets can be seized  by a Court Order in a law suit via a Writ of Execution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writ_of_exe...

You can only put a lein on a physical property such as a house or car.