1.   In Palm Beach, Fla., courthouse clerks are reporting a surge in Freemen-style bogus liens on public officials.

2.   Morgan represents Stewart Title Co., which, he said, had bogus liens placed by the Republic on buildings in Houston and Corpus Christi.

3.   No one has calculated the damage caused by bogus liens.

4.   She said she called on Nixon last year to sue her for accepting bogus liens.

5.   She and others believe the situation is so serious that they are drafting legislation to create penalties for people who file bogus liens.

6.   Sullivan said these groups sometimes filed bogus liens against the property of sheriff and judges, causing them financial hardship.

7.   There are no penalties for filing bogus liens.

8.   Then, like other members of the group, he began filing bogus liens on the property of those he considered his enemies.

9.   They also have filed millions of dollars in bogus liens against Texans and public officials, clogging up the courts.