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§ 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.

§ 16-66-102. Execution on registered judgment from another county

The circuit court of any county in this state in which a judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in another county of this state has been registered in accordance with the provisions of § 16-65-117(a)-(c) shall have power to issue writs of execution upon any such judgment.