Code of Alabama
Chapter 6 - Remedies.
Article 2 - Attachment.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 6-6-30 - Applicability of Article to Private Corporations. - The provisions of this article are applicable to all private...

Division 2 - Issuance.

Section 6-6-40 - Form. - The form of attachment must be in substance as follows,...

Section 6-6-41 - Matters for Which Issued. - Attachments may issue: (1) To enforce the collection of a...

Section 6-6-42 - Cases in Which Issued. - In the following cases attachments may issue: (1) When the...

Section 6-6-43 - By Whom Issued. - In the first and second cases mentioned in Section 6-6-41,...

Section 6-6-44 - Oath of Plaintiff. - The officer, before issuing the attachment in the first two...

Section 6-6-45 - Execution of Bond by Plaintiff; Discharge of Levy. - Such officer must, when the attachment is sued out otherwise...

Section 6-6-46 - When Additional Affidavit of Special Facts and Circumstances to Determine Amount of Levy Required; Reduction of Sum. - When an attachment is applied for in the cases provided...

Section 6-6-47 - By Executors and Administrators. - Executors and administrators may commence an action by attachment in...

Section 6-6-48 - By One Nonresident Against Another Nonresident. - A nonresident of this state may sue out an attachment...

Section 6-6-49 - By Foreign or Domestic Corporations. - Corporations, either foreign or domestic, are entitled to process of...

Section 6-6-50 - Security for Costs by Nonresident or Foreign Corporation. - When an attachment is sued out in favor of a...

Section 6-6-51 - Against Foreign Corporations. - Process of attachment may issue against foreign corporations having property...

Section 6-6-52 - When Issued and Executed on Sunday. - Attachments may issue and be executed on Sunday if the...

Section 6-6-53 - Return of Bond and Affidavit. - The bond and affidavit must be returned by the officer...

Division 3 - Execution.

Section 6-6-70 - On What Property and Persons; Endorsement on Writ; Taking of Property Into Possession. - Attachments may be levied on real estate, whether a fee...

Section 6-6-71 - Proceedings With Garnishees. - When attachment is executed by summoning a person indebted to...

Section 6-6-72 - Levy on Joint or Separate Property. - An attachment may be levied on the joint or separate...

Section 6-6-73 - Levy in Any County; Holding of Attached Property. - The attachment may be executed in any county of the...

Section 6-6-74 - Branch Writs. - Branch writs of attachment may issue to any county of...

Section 6-6-75 - Alias Writs of Attachment or New Writs of Garnishment. - Alias writs of attachment or new writs of garnishment may...

Section 6-6-76 - Creation of Lien. - The levy of an attachment or service of a garnishment...

Section 6-6-77 - Sale of Property Levied on Where Perishable or Expensive to Keep. - (a) If the property levied on is perishable or if...

Section 6-6-78 - Order for Receipt of Sale Proceeds by Plaintiff Pending Action Upon Executing Refunding Bond; Notice of and Hearing on Motion Therefor; Forfeiture of Bond; Payment to Defendant. - (a) When property levied on under an attachment has been...

Section 6-6-79 - Proceedings Against Sheriff and Sureties for Money Received in Sale of Perishables. - The sheriff and his sureties, or either of them, may...

Section 6-6-80 - Indemnification of Sheriff by Plaintiff. - When a doubt exists as to the title of the...

Section 6-6-81 - Notice of Levy - Nonresident Defendant. - When an attachment is sued out against a nonresident of...

Section 6-6-82 - Notice of Levy - Resident Defendants. - Notice of the levy of the attachment shall be given...

Division 4 - Replevy of Property.

Section 6-6-100 - By Whom; Execution of Bond. - The defendant in attachment or, in his absence, a stranger,...

Section 6-6-101 - Forfeiture of Bond; Execution on Bond. - When the property replevied is not delivered in 30 days...

Section 6-6-102 - Tender of Value if Property Dead or Destroyed. - If any of the property so replevied should die or...

Division 5 - Ancillary Attachments.

Section 6-6-120 - In Aid of Pending Action. - When an action has been commenced by the filing of...

Section 6-6-121 - When Defendants Evade Service of Process; Dismissal of Attachment. - (a) When a summons has been returned "not found" as...

Division 6 - Trial Proceedings.

Section 6-6-140 - Filing of Complaint in Actions Begun by Attachment - Time. - If the demand is due at the time of suing...

Section 6-6-141 - Filing of Complaint in Actions Begun by Attachment - Issuance and Service of Summons; Default Judgment. - (a) Whenever a complaint is filed in an action begun...

Section 6-6-142 - Dismissal of Attachment. - An attachment issued without affidavit and bond, as prescribed in...

Section 6-6-143 - Construction of Attachment Law; Amendments; Dismissal. - The attachment law must be liberally construed to advance the...

Section 6-6-144 - Suspending Entry of Judgment - Against Executor or Administrator. - No judgment can be entered against an executor or administrator...

Section 6-6-145 - Suspending Entry of Judgment - Against Defendant While Claims, etc., Settled. - No judgment can be entered against the defendant in attachment...

Section 6-6-146 - Restoration of Property to Claimant at Plaintiff's Cost. - If the plaintiff does not obtain judgment against the defendant...

Section 6-6-147 - Execution Upon Judgment by Plaintiff. - If the judgment of the plaintiff is not satisfied by...

Section 6-6-148 - Action by Defendant - on Attachment Bond for Damages. - At any time within three years of the suing out...

Section 6-6-149 - Action by Defendant - Venue for Actions on Injunction Bond or Attachment Bond in Cases of Injunction or Bankruptcy. - The defendant in any action commenced by attachment, in any...