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§ 16-110-108. Service of orders and processes

The orders and processes in provisional remedies issued from the circuit court may be directed to, or served by, the county sheriff or any other officer mentioned in § 16-58-107 [superseded] and shall be valid for all purposes as if the orders and processes had been served by the county sheriff.

§ 16-110-110. Issuance of orders of attachments to other counties

(a) Orders of attachment may be issued to the county sheriffs or other officers of other counties, and several of them may, at the option of the plaintiff, be issued at the same time or in succession. (b) Only those attachments which have been executed in whole or in part shall be taxed in the […]

§ 16-110-111. Execution of order of attachment generally

(a) The order of attachment shall be executed by the county sheriff or other officer without delay, in the following manner: (1) Upon real property by leaving a copy of the order with the occupant thereof or, if there is no occupant, in a conspicuous place thereon; (2) Upon personal property, capable of manual delivery, […]

§ 16-110-112. Attachment of funds in court

(a) Where the property to be attached is a fund in court, the execution of the order of attachment shall be made by leaving with the clerk of the court a copy thereof, with a notice specifying the fund. (b) Where several orders of attachment are executed upon the fund on the same day, they […]

§ 16-110-113. Attachment on joint or common property

The county sheriff shall not, in executing an order of attachment upon personal property held by the defendant jointly or in common with another person, take possession of the property until there has been executed a bond to the other person, by one (1) or more sufficient sureties of the plaintiff, to the effect that […]

§ 16-110-114. Attachment on property claimed by another

(a) When any county sheriff shall levy a writ of attachment upon property claimed by a person not a party to the writ, the person may make oath to the property. The property shall then be delivered to the claimant upon him or her, or his of her attorney, giving bond in favor of the […]

§ 16-110-115. Lien of attachment on property of defendant

(a) An order of attachment binds the defendant’s property in the county, which might be seized under an execution against him or her, from the time of the delivery of the order to the county sheriff or other officer. (b) The lien to the plaintiff is completed upon any property or demand of the defendant […]

§ 16-110-116. Property removed from county

If, after an order of attachment has been placed in the hands of the county sheriff or other officer, any property of the defendant is removed from the county, the county sheriff may pursue and attach the property in another county, within twenty-four (24) hours after removal.

§ 16-110-101. Grounds generally for attachment

The plaintiff in a civil action, at or after its commencement, may have an attachment against the property of the defendant, in the cases and upon the grounds stated in this section, as a security for the satisfaction of such judgment as may be recovered: (1) (A) In an action for the recovery of money, […]