State of Tennessee,
County.
To the sheriff of County, greeting:
Whereas, A B (or C D, as the agent or attorney of A B) hath complained on oath to me, E F, judge (chancellor or clerk), that G H is justly indebted (or liable) to A B in the sum of dollars, and affidavit having also been made in writing, and bond given as required by law in attachment cases, you are hereby commanded to attach so much of the estate of G H as will be of value sufficient to satisfy the debt and costs according to the complaint, and such estate, unless replevied, so to secure that the same may be liable to further proceedings thereon to be had at the court, to be held for the county of , on the day of next (or before a general sessions judge of county, on the day of ), when and where you will make known how you have executed this writ. Witness, E F, judge of the court (chancellor or clerk), this day of , 20 . E F.
Code 1858, §§ 3474, 3475 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 24); Shan., §§ 5234, 5235; Code 1932, §§ 9424, 9425; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-621.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 6 - Attachment and Replevy
§ 29-6-101. Grounds for Attachment
§ 29-6-103. Endorser or Surety
§ 29-6-104. Judgment Postponed Until Debt Due
§ 29-6-105. Discharge on Giving Bond
§ 29-6-107. Return of Summons Unserved
§ 29-6-108. Property of Nonresidents
§ 29-6-109. Parties Residents of Same Foreign State
§ 29-6-110. Jurisdiction of Courts
§ 29-6-111. Attachment by Chancery on Legal Debts
§ 29-6-112. Officer Granting Attachment
§ 29-6-113. Plaintiff's Affidavit
§ 29-6-114. Alternative Statement of Grounds
§ 29-6-118. Filing of Affidavit and Bond
§ 29-6-119. Pleadings on Debt Not Due
§ 29-6-122. Return of Affidavit and Bond
§ 29-6-123. Abatement for Want of Affidavit or Bond
§ 29-6-124. Correction of Defects
§ 29-6-126. Summons on Original Attachment
§ 29-6-127. Return of Ancillary Attachment
§ 29-6-128. Amount of Property Attached
§ 29-6-129. Territorial Application of Process
§ 29-6-131. Execution by Constables
§ 29-6-132. Property Subject to Levy
§ 29-6-133. Personal Property Preferred
§ 29-6-135. Transfer After Attachment
§ 29-6-136. Actions After Attachment of Debt or Effects
§ 29-6-137. Postponement of Judgment if Debt Attached Before Due
§ 29-6-138. Collection of Choses by Officer
§ 29-6-139. Money Received on Attachment
§ 29-6-140. Appointment of Receiver
§ 29-6-141. Perishable Property
§ 29-6-142. Order of Publication
§ 29-6-143. Entry of Publication Order in Record
§ 29-6-144. Publication of Notice of Levy
§ 29-6-145. Contents of Notice
§ 29-6-147. Attachment in Lieu of Personal Service
§ 29-6-148. Appearance of Defendant
§ 29-6-149. Right to Replevy — Amount of Bond
§ 29-6-150. Replevy Before Return or Sale
§ 29-6-151. Replevy After Return
§ 29-6-152. Defective Replevy Bonds
§ 29-6-153. Filing of Replevy Bond
§ 29-6-154. Judgment Against Defendant and Sureties
§ 29-6-155. Judgment on Replevy Bond
§ 29-6-156. Loss of Replevied Property
§ 29-6-157. Application of Property to Judgment
§ 29-6-158. Land Subjected to Judgment of General Sessions Court
§ 29-6-159. Execution for Unsatisfied Balance
§ 29-6-161. Nonresident Setting Aside Default Judgment
§ 29-6-162. Action on Attachment Bond
§ 29-6-163. Persons Under Disability