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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 38. Liens » Article 7. Attachment

§38-7-1. Filing of Affidavit; Prejudgment Hearing; Seizure of Property

In any civil action for the recovery of any claim or debt arising out of contract, or to recover damages for any wrong, the plaintiff, after service of the summons upon the defendant, or at any time thereafter and before judgment may have an order of attachment against the property of the defendant, on filing […]

§38-7-10. Execution of Plaintiff's Bond After Order of Attachment Sued Out

If the plaintiff has sued out an order of attachment without giving the bond mentioned in section eight of this article, and afterwards gives the same as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the clerk, whether the attachment has been levied or not, to certify the fact that such bond has been given to […]

§38-7-11. Exceptions to Plaintiff's Bond

Any defendant in the case, or any person interested in the property so attached, who shall consider the bond so given not proper in form, or the penalty or security insufficient, may apply at once, by petition to the court from which the attachment issued, if in session, and if not, to the judge thereof, […]

§38-7-12. Form of Order of Attachment When Bond Given

If the plaintiff at the time of suing out his attachment, or afterwards before judgment, give the bond and security required by section eight of this article, such order may be in form or effect as follows: A…………. B……………, Plaintiff, vs.Order of Attachment. C…………. D……………, Defendant. The plaintiff in this case having filed the necessary […]

§38-7-13. To What Officers Orders May Be Directed

An order of attachment under sections four and twelve of this article may be issued and directed to the sheriff or a constable in any county of this state; and several such orders may be issued and delivered to different officers at the same or different times, at the suit of the same or different […]

§38-7-14. Execution and Return of Attachment; Penalty for Failure

The officer to whom any attachment issued under this article shall be delivered for execution shall execute and return the same as therein required, and, if he fail to do so, he and his sureties in his official bond shall be liable to the plaintiff in the case for all damages he may sustain by […]

§38-7-15. Garnishment

The plaintiff in an attachment may, by an indorsement on the order of attachment, designate any person as being indebted or liable to, or having in his possession, the effects of the defendant, or one of the defendants; and in such case the clerk shall make as many copies of the order as there are […]

§38-7-16. Levy of Attachment Upon Real Estate

An attachment may be sufficiently levied upon real estate by an indorsement on the order of attachment, or upon a paper annexed thereto, stating the quantity, or the supposed quantity, and the location of the real estate attached.

§38-7-17. Contents of Officer's Return of Attachment

The officer serving the attachment shall make a return of the time and manner of service on each person designated as being indebted to, or having in his possession or under his control the property of, any such defendant; and shall also return a list and description of the property if any, levied upon or […]

§38-7-19. Lien of Attachment

The plaintiff shall have a lien upon any personal property, choses in action and other securities of the defendant, from the time of the levy of such attachment, but such lien may be defeated by a sale, pledge, or other transfer of such property, choses in action, or other securities, before seizure, if such property, […]

§38-7-2. Grounds of Attachment

The grounds upon which an order of attachment may issue, under the preceding section, are the following: (a) That the defendant, or one of the defendants, is a foreign corporation or is a nonresident of this state; or (b) has left, or is about to leave the state, with intent to defraud his creditors; or […]

§38-7-22. Interest and Profits Pending Suit; Discharge of Attachment on Bond

When any attachment is sued out, either at law or in equity, except against a nonresident, on such an affidavit as is mentioned in the first section of this article, and the property is seized and retained by the officer, the interest and profits thereof, pending the suit and before judgment or decree, may be […]

§38-7-24. Answer of Garnishee

Any person served with the writ and indorsement thereon, provided for in section fifteen of this article, in any action or proceeding at law, or suit in equity, shall, on or before the return day thereof, or within such additional time as may be granted by the court, answer in writing disclosing the matters required […]

§38-7-25. Discharge of Garnishee by Payment of Money or Delivery of Property

A garnishee may at any time before the return day of the order mentioned in section fifteen of this article, deliver the property or pay the money for which he is liable, or a sufficiency thereof to satisfy the attachment, to the officer having the order of attachment, and shall thereby be discharged from any […]

§38-7-26. Order Against Garnishee for Payment or Delivery; Forthcoming Bond

If it appear from the answer of the garnishee that at or after the service of the attachment the garnishee was indebted or liable to the defendant against whom the claim is, or had in his possession or control any personal property belonging to such defendant and that such debt or obligation to pay such […]

§38-7-27. Failure of Garnishee to Answer

If any garnishee, summoned as provided in this article, fail to answer, the court may either compel him to answer, or hear proof of the matters required by section twenty-four of this article to be disclosed by the garnishee's answer, concerning any debt or liability due by him to, or personal property in his possession […]