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§ 16-66-107. Death of one or more plaintiffs

(a) The death of one (1) or all the plaintiffs shall not prevent an execution being issued thereon. However, on such execution, the clerk shall endorse the death of such of them as are dead and, if all the plaintiffs are dead, the names of the personal representative or last survivor if the judgment passed […]

§ 16-66-110. Endorsement of sheriff

Every sheriff or other officer to whom any execution may be delivered shall endorse thereon the hour, day of the month, and year when it came to his or her hands.

§ 16-66-111. Priority of writs

If two (2) or more writs of execution come to the hands of the sheriff or another officer to whom execution may be delivered on the same day, the writ of execution which he or she first received shall have priority over the others and shall be executed accordingly.

§ 16-66-112. Time execution attaches as lien

An execution shall be a lien on the property in any goods or chattels, or the rights or shares in any stock, or on any real estate, to which the lien of the judgment, order, or decree extends or has been determined, from the time the writ shall be delivered to the officer in the […]

§ 16-66-113. Alias execution

(a) If an execution is issued and the plaintiff desires to take out another at his or her own proper costs, the clerk may issue the execution, though the previous execution has not been returned. (b) If an execution is returned, in whole or in part, not satisfied, a new one may issue.

§ 16-66-114. Execution against corporations — Attachment

(a) The first process upon a judgment against any private corporation shall be a fieri facias, which the sheriff or other officer shall levy on the moneys, goods and chattels, and lands and tenements of the corporation, and upon which he or she shall proceed as in other cases. (b) If the sheriff or other […]

§ 16-66-115. Abstract of execution

(a) The clerk shall keep a well-bound book in which he or she shall enter an abstract of all executions issued by him or her or out of his or her office, showing: (1) The date of the execution; (2) The names of the parties; (3) The amount of debt; (4) Damages; (5) Costs; (6) […]

§ 16-66-116. Conveyances by commissioners

(a) Real property may be conveyed by a commissioner appointed by the court when: (1) By the judgment in an action, a party is ordered to convey that property to another; or (2) That property has been sold under a judgment or order of the court and the purchase money paid. (b) The deed of […]