No sheriff or other officer shall be required to levy an execution on any property the title of which is disputed, or to sell the same after levy, unless the plaintiff will first give bond and security to such officer, to indemnify the sheriff or other officer against all damages and costs in consequence of the levy or sale.
Code 1858, § 3032 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 40, § 2); Shan., § 4760; Code 1932, § 8893; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-404.
Law Reviews.
Enforcement of Judgments in Tennessee, 22 Tenn. L. Rev. 873.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
§ 26-3-101. Personalty Levied on First
§ 26-3-103. Corporate Property
§ 26-3-104. Indemnity Bond of Plaintiff
§ 26-3-105. Principal's Property Sold Before Surety's
§ 26-3-106. Order of Levy on Parties Secondarily Liable
§ 26-3-107. Order of Liability Stated
§ 26-3-108. Endorsement of Description of Property
§ 26-3-109. Delivery Bond of Defendant
§ 26-3-110. Liability on Forfeited Delivery Bond
§ 26-3-111. Levy on Forfeited Bond — Alias Execution
§ 26-3-112. Defendants Refusing to Join in Delivery Bond
§ 26-3-113. Order of Levy After Forfeiture of Delivery Bond
§ 26-3-114. Return of Unsatisfied Execution
§ 26-3-115. Second Delivery Bond
§ 26-3-116. Delivery Bonds on Official Default
§ 26-3-117. Costs to Be Paid by Plaintiff — Recovery From Defendant