§ 16-19-904. Agreed period of stay
If all the parties agree upon any other period, the stay shall be for the time so agreed upon.
§ 16-19-905. Stayed judgment lien on personal property
In all cases where execution is stayed on any judgment rendered by a justice of the peace under the provisions of this subchapter, the judgment shall be a lien upon all the personal property subject to execution belonging to the defendant at the time of the rendition of the judgment.
§ 16-19-611. Verdict — Entry on docket
(a) The jurors must all agree to the verdict. (b) When the jurors shall have agreed upon their verdict, they shall deliver the verdict to the justice publicly, who shall enter it on his docket.
§ 16-19-612. Failure of jury to agree — Retrial
Whenever a justice is satisfied that a jury sworn in a cause before him, after having been out a reasonable time, cannot agree on their verdict, he may discharge them and shall immediately issue a new summons for another to appear, at a time therein fixed, not more than three (3) days distant, unless the […]
§ 16-19-613. New trial granted on motion — Exception
A new trial or rehearing may be granted by a justice of the peace, except on trial by jury, upon motion made within ten (10) days after a judgment or final order has been made or rendered. Notice of the motion shall be given to the opposite party. However, no motion for a new trial […]
§ 16-19-504. Vacancy in constable’s office — Service by constable of adjoining township — Mileage fees
(a) When the office of constable in any township becomes vacant by death, resignation, refusal or neglect to qualify, or failure to elect, any constable of any adjoining township, during the vacancy, shall execute and return all process which are issued by any justice of the peace in the township where the constable’s office is […]
§ 16-19-701. Dismissal for want of prosecution generally
If the plaintiff fails to appear in person, or by his agent or attorney, on the return day of the summons, or at any other time fixed for the trial, the justice may dismiss the action for want of prosecution, except in the case provided for in § 16-19-703(a).
§ 16-19-505. Appointment of special agents to execute process — Endorsement on writ
Justices of the peace shall have power to appoint special agents to execute orders of arrest, attachments, and other provisional remedies and the summons which accompanies them, whenever an affidavit is filed with the justice by the plaintiff or his agent to the effect that he believes that, owing to the absence or difficulty of […]
§ 16-19-702. Judgment on proof on defendant’s nonappearance generally
When the plaintiff’s claim is not founded on a written instrument as described in § 16-19-703(a) and the defendant does not appear, the justice shall proceed to hear the allegations and proofs of the plaintiff, and shall render judgment thereon for the amount to which he shows himself entitled, not exceeding the amount claimed in […]
§ 16-19-506. Manner of service and return
(a) The service and return thereto of the process provided for in this chapter shall be made in the same manner as in the circuit court, except that no service other than is provided for in this chapter shall be made by publication, nor shall any return made by anyone other than the sheriff, coroner, […]