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Title 14, Chapter 507: ATTACHMENTS
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
14 §4101. Attachment by counterclaim, cross-claim or 3rd party
14 §4102. Subsequent attachments
Subchapter 2: PERSONAL PROPERTY
Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
14 §4151. Property subject to attachment
14 §4152. Property kept where found; owner's bond
14 §4153. Attachment of hay and animals
14 §4154. Optional method of attachment
14 §4155. Shares in a corporation (REPEALED)
14 §4156. Franchise and other corporate property
14 §4157. Successive attachments
14 §4158. Replevin of property attached and claimed by non-party to action; sale
14 §4159. Effect of creditor's failure to recover judgment
14 §4160. Restriction of right to attach replevied goods
Article 2: DEATH OR REMOVAL OF ATTACHING OFFICER
14 §4201. Attached goods not assets of deceased officer's estate
14 §4202. Replevied goods liable to further attachments
14 §4203. Death or removal of officer; further attachments
Article 3: MORTGAGED OR PLEDGED PROPERTY
14 §4251. Attachment of encumbered personal property
14 §4252. Liability of officer attaching encumbered property
14 §4253. Claimant to account within 10 days after notice; false account
14 §4254. Validity of claim established
14 §4255. Validity of mortgage tried before jury; costs (REPEALED)
14 §4256. Disposition of proceeds of sale
Article 4: PROPERTY OF PART OWNERS
14 §4301. Property of part owners; attachment; disposal
14 §4302. Payment; part owner's lien; attachment dissolved
Article 5: SALES OF ATTACHED PROPERTY
14 §4351. Sale of attached personal property
14 §4352. Perishable goods; sale without consent
14 §4353. Petition for sale; order
14 §4354. Proceeds attached in hands of officers; surplus
14 §4355. Right of priority in case of sale preserved
Article 6: EXEMPTIONS
14 §4401. Items exempt (REPEALED)
14 §4402. Debtor's interest exceeding interest exempt (REPEALED)
Article 7: EXEMPTIONS
14 §4421. Definitions
14 §4422. Exempt property
14 §4423. Exempt property acquired within 90 days
14 §4424. Interest in excess of exemption
14 §4425. Exceptions
14 §4426. Exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings
Subchapter 3: REAL PROPERTY
Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
14 §4451. Real estate and interests subject to attachment
14 §4452. Writ of attachment from District Court
14 §4453. Attachment of right of redemption
14 §4454. Recording necessary to validity; claim specified in writ; seizure on execution; lien
14 §4455. Action ineffectual against nonparty until attachment recorded
14 §4456. Redemption or payment where right of redemption or contract for conveyance attached
14 §4457. Mortgagee or contractor to indicate sum due and release on payment
Article 2: DEATH OF PARTY
14 §4501. Attachments survive death of plaintiff
14 §4502. Attachments dissolved by death of insolvent
14 §4503. Liability of officer selling before demand; setoff prohibited
14 §4504. Appraisal of attached property
14 §4505. Actions by officers for attached goods do not abate by party's death
14 §4506. Continuance of action after officer's death
Article 3: EXEMPTIONS
14 §4551. Homestead exemption (REPEALED)
14 §4552. Exceptions (REPEALED)
14 §4553. Creditors claiming greater value (REPEALED)
14 §4554. Death of householder (REPEALED)
Article 4: EXEMPTIONS
14 §4561. Residence exemption
Subchapter 4: DISSOLUTION
14 §4601. Duration of attachment
14 §4602. Methods of dissolution
14 §4603. Certificate of dissolution
14 §4604. Real estate attachment discharged of record on dissolution
14 §4605. Failure or refusal to discharge attachment
14 §4606. Petition for valuation and release
14 §4607. Valuation and release on debtor's bond
14 §4608. Proceedings and bond filed in clerk's office
14 §4609. Certificate of proceedings from clerk recorded
14 §4610. Vacating attachment of personal property
14 §4611. Vacating foreign attachments
14 §4612. Costs
14 §4613. Bond
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