The plaintiff in a civil action, at or after its commencement, may have an attachment against the property of the defendant, in the cases and upon the grounds stated in this section, as a security for the satisfaction of such judgment as may be recovered:
(1)
(A) In an action for the recovery of money, where the action is against a defendant who, or several defendants who, or one (1) of whom:
(i) Is a foreign corporation, or nonresident of the state. However, an attachment shall not be granted on the ground that the defendant or defendants, or any of them, is a foreign corporation or nonresident of this state, for any claim other than a debt or demand arising upon contract;
(ii) Has been absent therefrom four (4) months;
(iii) Has departed from this state, with intent to defraud his or her creditors;
(iv) Has left the county of his or her residence to avoid the service of a summons;
(v) So conceals himself or herself that a summons cannot be served upon him or her;
(vi) Is about to remove, or has removed, his or her property, or a material part thereof, out of this state, not leaving enough therein to satisfy the plaintiff's claim, or the claim of the defendant's creditors;
(vii) Has sold, conveyed, or otherwise disposed of his or her property, or suffered or permitted it to be sold, with the fraudulent intent to cheat, hinder, or delay his or her creditors; or
(viii) Is about to sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of his or her property, with such intent.
(B) The cause of attachment mentioned in subdivision (1)(A) of this section against one (1) or more defendants to a civil action shall not authorize an attachment against any of the defendants who are not embraced in subdivision (1)(A) of this section; but the estate or interest of the defendants, only as are embraced therein, shall be subject to attachment; or
(2) In an action to recover possession of personal property, where it has been ordered to be delivered to the plaintiff and where the property, or part thereof, has been disposed of, concealed, or removed, so that the order for its delivery cannot be executed by the officer.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 7 - Particular Proceedings And Remedies
Chapter 110 - Attachment and Garnishment
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-110-101. Grounds generally for attachment
§ 16-110-102. Garnishment generally
§ 16-110-103. Attachment in tort actions
§ 16-110-104. Attachment before debt due
§ 16-110-106. Order of attachment
§ 16-110-108. Service of orders and processes
§ 16-110-109. Priority of orders of attachment
§ 16-110-110. Issuance of orders of attachments to other counties
§ 16-110-111. Execution of order of attachment generally
§ 16-110-112. Attachment of funds in court
§ 16-110-113. Attachment on joint or common property
§ 16-110-114. Attachment on property claimed by another
§ 16-110-115. Lien of attachment on property of defendant
§ 16-110-116. Property removed from county
§ 16-110-117. Bond of defendant for retention of property
§ 16-110-118. Motion to discharge before term of court
§ 16-110-120. Removal of pending proceedings
§ 16-110-121. Collection, preservation, and sale of property
§ 16-110-122. Bond for restitution of property
§ 16-110-123. Appearance by execution of bond
§ 16-110-124. Defendant's answer by affidavit
§ 16-110-125. Proof by deposition or testimony
§ 16-110-126. Testimony required for insufficient property
§ 16-110-127. Appearance by garnishee
§ 16-110-128. Time for disposition of attachment
§ 16-110-129. Discharge of garnishee
§ 16-110-130. Motion to discharge
§ 16-110-131. Judgment for defendant
§ 16-110-132. Judgment in favor of plaintiff
§ 16-110-133. Judgment against garnishee
§ 16-110-134. Intervention before sale
§ 16-110-135. Repossession of property by county sheriff
§ 16-110-136. Sale of property