§ 2781. Real estate which may be taken
§ 2781. Real estate which may be taken Houses, lands, and tenements belonging to a person in his or her own right in fee, or for his or her own life, or the life of another, paying no rents for the same, or for years, or an unlimited time, paying rents for the same, and […]
§ 2782. Real estate defined
§ 2782. Real estate defined The words “real estate” as used in this chapter shall mean such lands, tenements, rights, and estates as are made liable to execution by section 2781 of this title.
§ 2783. Officer may lodge copy in clerk’s office
§ 2783. Officer may lodge copy in clerk’s office When the officer holding an execution for collection is directed by the creditor, his or her agent or attorney, to levy the same on the real estate of the debtor, he or she may lodge in the office where by law a deed of such real […]
§ 2784. Estate held five months
§ 2784. Estate held five months The real estate thus designated shall be held to satisfy such execution for the term of five months from the time of lodging the copy thereof, as provided in section 2783 of this title. When encumbered by previous attachments, the lien thus created shall remain, after the removal of […]
§ 2785. Estate in joint tenancy
§ 2785. Estate in joint tenancy When the real estate of a debtor is held in joint tenancy, coparcenary, or tenancy in common, with the real estate of other persons, the officer may levy the execution on such debtor’s undivided interest in such real estate, and sell the same as other real estate may be […]
§ 2786. Sale of real estate on execution; public auction
§ 2786. Sale of real estate on execution; public auction When an execution is levied upon real estate, the same or an undivided fractional part thereof sufficient to satisfy the execution with costs shall be sold at public auction by the officer to the highest bidder, in satisfaction of the execution, either upon such real […]
§ 2787. Notice, advertisement, and sale
§ 2787. Notice, advertisement, and sale The officer levying the execution shall give the debtor at least 60 days’ notice of the time and place of sale in writing, served upon him or her, within or outside the State, either (1) by delivery in hand personally or (2) by registered or certified mail, return receipt […]
§ 2788. Notice to subsequent attaching or levying creditor
§ 2788. Notice to subsequent attaching or levying creditor When the real estate levied upon is subject to a subsequent attachment or levy, the officer shall give notice of such sale to the subsequent attaching or levying creditor in the same manner as provided for notice to the execution debtor in section 2787 of this […]
§ 2789. Adjournment; manner of sale
§ 2789. Adjournment; manner of sale For good cause, the officer may postpone such sale for a time not exceeding seven days, and so from time to time until it is completed, giving notice of such adjournment by public proclamation at the time and place appointed for the sale. Such real estate, or an undivided […]
§ 2790. Officer’s deed to purchaser; effect
§ 2790. Officer’s deed to purchaser; effect The officer selling such real estate, if the same is not redeemed, shall make, execute, and acknowledge a sufficient deed thereof to the purchaser, and deliver the same to him or her as hereinafter provided. When the deed is recorded in the office where by law a deed […]