Code of Alabama
Article 6 - Detinue.
Section 6-6-254 - Return of Bonds; Liability of Sheriff for Failing to Do So; Compelling Making of Return.

All bonds taken under this article must be returned within 10 days thereafter to the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, and, on failure, the sheriff is liable to the successful party to the amount of the value of the property and damages for its detention as assessed by the jury, with interest thereon from the entry of the judgment, to be recovered on motion to the court in which such judgment was entered on three days' notice, or the sheriff may, at any time, be compelled by attachment to make such return.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 6 - Civil Practice.

Chapter 6 - Remedies.

Article 6 - Detinue.

Section 6-6-250 - Duty of Clerk to Require Taking of Property by Sheriff Unless Defendant Gives Bond; Disposition of Property on Failure to Give Bond.

Section 6-6-251 - Service of Process in Action for Recovery of Household Furniture and Equipment; Effect Thereof.

Section 6-6-252 - Intervention by Claimant of Property; Disposition of Property.

Section 6-6-253 - Interpleader by Defendant of Adverse Claimant of Property; Force and Effect of Bonds Given.

Section 6-6-254 - Return of Bonds; Liability of Sheriff for Failing to Do So; Compelling Making of Return.

Section 6-6-255 - Proceedings When Officer Fails to Find and Take Property.

Section 6-6-256 - Assessment of Value and Damages and Judgment - Trial of Action.

Section 6-6-257 - Assessment of Value and Damages and Judgment - Dismissal of Action.

Section 6-6-258 - Assessment of Value and Damages and Judgment - Failure of Defendant to Appear and Plead.

Section 6-6-259 - Actions by Mortgagees or Vendor in Conditional Sale Contract, etc., Against Mortgagors or Vendees, Etc.

Section 6-6-260 - Recovery of Attorney's Fee by Person Claiming to Be Owner of Lost or Stolen Property.

Section 6-6-261 - Execution Upon Judgment.

Section 6-6-262 - Execution, Garnishment, or Other Process on Bond.

Section 6-6-263 - Compelling Restoration of Property by Execution or Attachment; Form of Writ.

Section 6-6-264 - Issuance of Writs Until Judgment Satisfied.