The precise time at which a judgment lien attaches to property or becomes operative depends upon the kind of action and the jurisdiction in which the judgment is entered. Generally, a judgment may attach from the:

• For judgments before July 1, 1999, the first day of the term at which judgment is rendered, but judgments by confession and judgments rendered at the same term in which the action is commenced shall bind the lands only from the day on which the judgments are rendered. All other lands as well as goods and chattels of the debtor are bound from the time they are seized in execution.
  
  
• For judgments after July 1, 1999, from recording of the judgment with the County Clerk.