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Chapter 651

60 sections

§651-1 How this law applies to courts and process servers

§651-2 When a court can issue an attachment order

§651-3 Getting a court order to seize property

§651-4 Bond required before property can be attached

§651-5 Getting more security or costs in an attachment case

§651-6 What you can recover when a bond is used

§651-7 How an attachment writ is issued

§651-8 How much property can be seized

§651-9 How a police officer carries out an attachment order

§651-10 Police can ask for security if unsure about property

§651-11 Attachments are handled in the order they arrive

§651-12 Court can question the defendant when no property is found

§651-13 Selling attached property before the case ends

§651-14 Appointment of receiver

§651-15 Police officer's return of attached property

§651-16 Returning property and money when the case ends

§651-17 How a bond can release attached property

§651-18 How to get an improper attachment lifted

§651-19 Recording the release of a property attachment

§651-20 How attached property is used to pay a judgment

§651-21 What happens if the attached property does not cover the judgment

§651-31 When a court order to pay money can be enforced

§651-32 How a district court orders payment of a judgment

§651-33 Bond for officer's expenses when executing a court order

§651-34 Deadline for returning executions

§651-35 Getting a state court order when local property is not enough

§651-36 Court execution forms follow court practice

§651-37 How court orders to collect money must be addressed and signed

§651-38 Second execution orders

§651-39 Court orders can be enforced anywhere in the state

§651-40 Judge can pause a property sale if the debtor posts a bond

§651-41 How officers rank writs of execution by time received

§651-42 How an officer takes property and lists it

§651-43 How the officer must advertise property for sale

§651-44 What happens at the public sale and where the money goes

§651-45 When a sale can be postponed

§651-46 Officer must give the buyer a purchase certificate or deed

§651-47 How to seize and sell investment securities to pay a judgment

§651-48 Penalty for selling stock after a court seizure

§651-49 Execution sales only transfer the defendant's interest

§651-50 Officer's personal responsibility for overstepping authority

§651-51 When officers can ask for a safety bond before seizing property

§651-52 How to collect on an indemnity bond given to an officer

§651-61 How to claim your exempt property

§651-62 Bond required when property is claimed as exempt

§651-63 What happens if exempt property is seized or sold

§651-64 Getting back property that was seized

§651-68 Getting an Appraisal After Property Is Seized

§651-69 What to include in an exemption application

§651-70 Serving the petition and getting appraisers

§651-91 Definitions for property exemption rules

§651-92 Which property is protected from debt collection

§651-93 How divorce or separation affects property exemptions

§651-94 Dividing property to protect a homeowner's exemption

§651-95 Selling property that can't be split to pay a debt

§651-96 Protecting your exemption money after a property sale

§651-121 What property is protected from debt collection

§651-122 When personal property exemptions do not apply

§651-123 How the money from a forced sale is divided

§651-124 Protecting retirement and ABLE savings from creditors