In the United States, the filing of false liens has been used as a tool of harassment and revenge in "paper terrorism", often against government officials.
The lien is inexpensive and relatively easy to file but, for the target, requires significant time and lawyers fees to be dissolved by a court.
He and his wife also filed false liens against President George H. W. Bush, US Senator Slade Gorton, the Attorney General of Washington, Jack Welch Jr. (the CEO of GE), four IRS agents and their spouses, and various other public officials and judges.
They claimed the false liens against the public officials and IRS employees were justified because the latter had failed to help the plaintiffs and were not fulfilling their Oaths of Office.
[3] The Bureau of Prisons has responded by treating lien documents and personal information (such as Social Security Numbers) of federal agents, judges, etc.