Attachments may be levied on real estate, whether a fee simple or any less legal estate, or on personal property of the defendant or may be executed by summoning any person indebted to the defendant or liable to him on a contract for the delivery of personal property or for the payment of money which may be discharged by the delivery of personal property or on a contract payable in personal property or a person having in his possession, or under his control, any money or effects belonging to the defendant; and the officer executing the writ must endorse such levy or service thereon and, if practicable, take the property into his possession, unless replevied as prescribed in Division 4 of this article.
Structure Code of Alabama
Section 6-6-71 - Proceedings With Garnishees.
Section 6-6-72 - Levy on Joint or Separate Property.
Section 6-6-73 - Levy in Any County; Holding of Attached Property.
Section 6-6-74 - Branch Writs.
Section 6-6-75 - Alias Writs of Attachment or New Writs of Garnishment.
Section 6-6-76 - Creation of Lien.
Section 6-6-77 - Sale of Property Levied on Where Perishable or Expensive to Keep.
Section 6-6-79 - Proceedings Against Sheriff and Sureties for Money Received in Sale of Perishables.
Section 6-6-80 - Indemnification of Sheriff by Plaintiff.