Bank lien

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain something.  I had a fico score in November 2008 of 705, it was raised to 714  in December of 2008 and is static since then.

In October of 2008 I had a tax dispute for state taxes owed and a lien was put on my account.  This showed up on my credit report in November.  However my score increased and has remained the same (714) since.  While the tax lien was resolved, it is still showing up on my report and is still showing unresolved.  Shouldn't this lien have lowered my score?  Thanks any help in understanding this.

[Junejer]

It did in November when it reported, you just didn't realize it. Your FICO score was probably a lot higher before the lien hit.