1-15-201. When attachment may issue; affidavit. (a) Subject to W.S. 1-15-101 through 1-15-108 and the provisions of this article, at any time after the filing of the complaint in a civil action for the recovery of money, the plaintiff may have the property of the defendant not exempt from execution attached as security for the […]
1-15-202. Issuance of writ; contents. (a) If authorized by a written order of the court pursuant to W.S. 1-15-103(a)(i), the clerk shall issue the writ of attachment upon the filing by the plaintiff of the bond required by W.S. 1-15-104. (b) The plaintiff may have other writs of attachment issued as often as he may […]
1-15-203. Manner of executing writ. (a) If the undertaking provided for in W.S. 1-15-105(a) is not given by the defendant at or before the time the writ is executed, the sheriff to whom the writ is directed shall execute the writ without delay in the following manner: (i) Real property owned in the name of […]
1-15-204. Third party claims; indemnity to sheriff; application for release. (a) If the sheriff executing the writ has actual notice of any third party claim to the personal property to be levied on or is in doubt as to ownership of the property, or of encumbrances thereon, or damage to the property held that may […]
1-15-205. Return of sheriff; inventory of property. The sheriff shall return the writ of attachment to the court within twenty (20) days after its receipt, together with a certificate of his actions endorsed thereon or attached thereto. The certificate shall contain a full inventory of the property attached.
1-15-206. Examination of defendant. The defendant may be required to appear before the court or a master appointed by the court, to be examined on oath respecting his property. After any examination conducted pursuant to this section, the court or master may order personal property capable of manual delivery to be delivered to the officer, […]
1-15-207. Sale of attached property before judgment. (a) If any of the property attached is perishable, the sheriff shall sell it in the manner in which property is sold on execution. The sheriff shall retain the proceeds and other property attached by him to answer any judgment that may be recovered in the action, unless […]
1-15-208. Satisfaction of judgment; deficiency; redelivery of property. (a) If judgment is recovered by the plaintiff, the sheriff shall satisfy it out of the attached property which has not been delivered to the defendant or to a claimant pursuant to W.S. 1-15-105, or subjected to a prior lien, by paying to the plaintiff the proceeds […]
1-15-209. Proceedings where defendant prevails. If the plaintiff does not recover judgment against the defendant, any undertaking received in the action, all the proceeds of sales and money collected by the sheriff and all the property attached remaining in his hands shall be delivered to the defendant, and the attachment shall be discharged and the […]
1-15-210. Release of attachment upon real property. If the plaintiff does not recover judgment or an order is made discharging or releasing an attachment upon real property, a certified copy of the judgment or order shall be filed and indexed in the office of the county clerk in which the notice of attachment has been […]
1-15-211. Attachment before maturity of claim. A party may commence an action upon an obligation before it is due and have an attachment against the property of the debtor upon any one (1) or more of the grounds set forth in W.S. 1-15-201(b)(iv)(D) through (F). The property attached, or its proceeds, shall be held subject […]
1-15-212. Property bound from time of service. An order of attachment binds the property attached from the time the writ is executed.
