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34-55-3-1. Service by Sheriff and Offer to Sell

Sec. 1. When an execution against the property of any person is issued to the sheriff, the sheriff shall: (1) serve the execution upon the defendants in the county and levy the execution, if not paid, upon property; and (2) make at least one (1) offer to sell property levied upon within sixty (60) days […]

34-55-3-10. Personalty and Real Estate; Order of Levy and Sale

Sec. 10. In all cases where the personal estate of the debtor, subject to execution, is insufficient to satisfy the execution, the real estate is exempt from levy and sale until the personal estate is levied upon and sold, unless the debtor directs otherwise. The principal messuage, lands, or tenements of the debtor, or upon […]

34-55-3-2. Currency and Bank Notes

Sec. 2. Current coin and lawful money, and bank notes the plaintiff is willing to receive as money, may be levied upon and returned on execution, without sale, as so much money collected. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-36-2.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.

34-55-3-3. Bills, Notes, Drafts, and Checks

Sec. 3. Bills, notes, drafts, checks, or other evidences of debt, issued by any monied corporation or bank, or by Indiana or the United States, and circulating as money, may be levied upon as personal property and sold on execution. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-36-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.

34-55-3-4. Goods and Chattels Pledged, Assigned, or Mortgaged

Sec. 4. Goods and chattels pledged, assigned, or mortgaged as security for any debt or contract may be levied upon and sold on execution against the person making the pledge, assignment, or mortgage. The purchaser is entitled to the possession upon complying with the conditions of the pledge, assignment, or mortgage. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-36-4.] […]

34-55-3-5. Shares of Stock

Sec. 5. (a) Shares of stock in any corporation or company may be levied upon and sold in the county where the office and books, showing the shares of stock and stockholders of the corporation or company, are kept. (b) The sheriff shall transfer the stock, subject to the rights of the corporation or company. […]

34-55-3-6. Debt or Cause of Action

Sec. 6. Any debt or cause of action, which is assignable, may be levied upon, when given up by the defendant, and sold on execution, in the same manner as other personal property. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-36-6.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.

34-55-3-7. Debt or Thing in Action; Assignment and Delivery to Purchaser

Sec. 7. The sheriff making the sale of any debt or thing in action shall assign and deliver the debt or thing in action to the purchaser. The assignment has the same effect as if made by the execution defendant at the time of making the levy. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-36-7.] As added by P.L.1-1998, […]

34-55-3-8. Actions Involving Assignments; Pleading

Sec. 8. In any action in which the assignment is declared upon or stated, it is not necessary to plead or prove any judgment or execution, by virtue of which the sale was made, nor to prove the execution of the assignment, unless the assignment is denied under oath. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-36-8.] As added […]

34-55-3-9. Designated and Undesignated Property

Sec. 9. (a) When an execution issues against the real or personal property of any person, the sheriff shall levy the execution, first upon that part of the property designated by the person, if there is no reasonable doubt that the person is the owner of the property and if designated in time to enable […]