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Chapter 1. Execution of Judgments Generally
34-55-1-1. Enforcement of Judgments Requiring Payments of Money or Delivery of Real or Personal Property - Sec. 1. When a judgment requires the payment of money...
34-55-1-2. Issuance After Lapse of Ten Years - Sec. 2. (a) After the lapse of ten (10) years...
34-55-1-3. Three Kinds of Executions - Sec. 3. There are three (3) kinds of executions: (1)...
34-55-1-4. Executions Issued to Sheriffs - Sec. 4. Executions may be issued to the sheriffs of...
34-55-1-5. Form of Execution - Sec. 5. The execution must: (1) issue in the name...
34-55-1-6. Reference to Judgment in Execution - Sec. 6. The execution must intelligibly refer to the judgment,...
34-55-1-7. Requirements of Sheriff in Execution - Sec. 7. The execution must require the sheriff to do...
34-55-1-8. Executions Against Body; When Issued - Sec. 8. An execution against the body shall not be...
34-55-1-9. Executions Against Property; When Issued - Sec. 9. An execution against the property shall not be...
34-55-1-10. Execution Against Body or Property; Issuance to Sheriff - Sec. 10. (a) When the execution is against the property...
34-55-1-11. Return of Execution - Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the...
34-55-1-12. Execution Against Goods and Chattels; Priorities - Sec. 12. (a) When an execution against the property of...
34-55-1-13. Endorsement by Sheriff - Sec. 13. The sheriff receiving an execution shall endorse on...
34-55-1-14. Executions Against Principal and Surety; Principal's Property First - Sec. 14. If it appears upon the face of an...
34-55-1-15. Issuance on Sunday - Sec. 15. An execution may be issued and executed on...
34-55-1-16. Clerk's Endorsement on Sunday Service - Sec. 16. The clerk shall endorse on the execution that...
34-55-1-17. Sheriff; Death or Vacancy in Office - Sec. 17. If the sheriff dies or leaves office before...
Chapter 2. Stay of Execution
34-55-2-1. Bail for Stay of Executions; Entry on Record - Sec. 1. The bail for stay of execution may be...
34-55-2-2. Return of Execution Upon Entry of Bail - Sec. 2. When bail is entered after execution is issued,...
34-55-2-3. Execution Issued for Want of Bail; Clerk's Endorsement - Sec. 3. When execution issues for want of bail before...
34-55-2-4. Stay of Execution for Remainder of Term - Sec. 4. In a case described in section 3 of...
34-55-2-5. Return of Execution by Sheriff; Copy of Recognizance on Execution Docket - Sec. 5. The sheriff, having taken the bail, shall immediately...
34-55-2-6. Relinquishment of Property Levied Before Stay of Execution - Sec. 6. All: (1) property levied on before stay of...
34-55-2-7. Recognizance of Bail; Effect of Judgment Confessed - Sec. 7. Every recognizance of bail, taken as provided in...
34-55-2-8. Praecipe and Fee Bill - Sec. 8. (a) An execution shall not be issued in...
34-55-2-9. Joint Executions - Sec. 9. At the expiration of the stay, the clerk...
34-55-2-10. When Stays Not Allowed - Sec. 10. (a) A stay of execution is not allowed...
34-55-2-11. Sureties' Objections to Stay - Sec. 11. When any court renders judgment against two (2)...
34-55-2-12. Surety for Stay; Request for Immediate Execution - Sec. 12. A surety for the stay of execution may...
34-55-2-13. Entry of Other Bail; Effect - Sec. 13. If other sufficient bail is entered, it shall...
Chapter 3. Levy of Execution
34-55-3-1. Service by Sheriff and Offer to Sell - Sec. 1. When an execution against the property of any...
34-55-3-2. Currency and Bank Notes - Sec. 2. Current coin and lawful money, and bank notes...
34-55-3-3. Bills, Notes, Drafts, and Checks - Sec. 3. Bills, notes, drafts, checks, or other evidences of...
34-55-3-4. Goods and Chattels Pledged, Assigned, or Mortgaged - Sec. 4. Goods and chattels pledged, assigned, or mortgaged as...
34-55-3-5. Shares of Stock - Sec. 5. (a) Shares of stock in any corporation or...
34-55-3-6. Debt or Cause of Action - Sec. 6. Any debt or cause of action, which is...
34-55-3-7. Debt or Thing in Action; Assignment and Delivery to Purchaser - Sec. 7. The sheriff making the sale of any debt...
34-55-3-8. Actions Involving Assignments; Pleading - Sec. 8. In any action in which the assignment is...
34-55-3-9. Designated and Undesignated Property - Sec. 9. (a) When an execution issues against the real...
34-55-3-10. Personalty and Real Estate; Order of Levy and Sale - Sec. 10. In all cases where the personal estate of...
Chapter 4. Appraisement
34-55-4-1. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-37-1.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-4-2. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-37-2.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-4-3. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-37-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-4-4. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-37-4.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-4-5. Lists of Liens and Encumbrances - Sec. 5. It is not the duty of the sheriff...
34-55-4-6. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-37-6.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-4-7. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-37-7.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-4-8. Purchaser's Rights Regarding Encumbered Property - Sec. 8. (a) Subject to subsection (b), where any property...
34-55-4-9. Unsold Property; Sheriff's Duty - Sec. 9. When any property levied on remains unsold, the...
34-55-4-10. Continuance of Lien on Unsold Property - Sec. 10. (a) The lien of the levy upon the...
34-55-4-11. Unsold Property; Revaluation and Reoffer - Sec. 11. Whenever any property levied upon remains unsold for...
34-55-4-12. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-37-12.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
Chapter 5. Personal Property Taken in Execution of Judgment
34-55-5-1. Return of Property to Execution Defendant - Sec. 1. (a) Any personal property taken in execution may...
34-55-5-2. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-38-2.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-5-3. Nondelivery of Property; Duty of Sheriff to Levy and Sell - Sec. 3. In case of the nondelivery of the property...
34-55-5-4. Forfeiture of Undertaking; Endorsement - Sec. 4. Upon the forfeiture of the written undertaking, the...
34-55-5-5. Actions on Undertakings; Damages - Sec. 5. The written undertaking is valid in law. An...
34-55-5-6. Execution Without Stay - Sec. 6. On judgment obtained on the written undertaking, execution...
Chapter 6. Sale of Property on Execution
34-55-6-1. Real Estate; Rents and Profits to Be First Offered for Sale - Sec. 1. The estate or interest of the judgment debtor...
34-55-6-2. Manner of Sale - Sec. 2. A sheriff shall sell property on execution in...
34-55-6-3. Auctions - Sec. 3. Upon prior petition of the debtor, any creditor...
34-55-6-4. Auctioneer's Conduct; Advertising - Sec. 4. An auctioneer engaged by a sheriff under this...
34-55-6-5. Auctioneer's Fee and Expenses - Sec. 5. (a) The auctioneer's fee shall be a reasonable...
34-55-6-6. Sale of Rents and Profits - Sec. 6. Rents and profits may be sold as other...
34-55-6-7. Rents and Profits; Maximum Term of Lease - Sec. 7. If rents and profits are sold under section...
34-55-6-8. Real Estate; Sale at Public Auction - Sec. 8. (a) Real estate, including chattels real, taken by...
34-55-6-9. Real Estate; Notice and Requirements for Sale - Sec. 9. (a) A sale of real estate, on execution,...
34-55-6-10. Personal Property; Notice Requirements for Sale - Sec. 10. Previous notice of the time and place of...
34-55-6-11. Personal Property; Sale at Public Auction - Sec. 11. (a) Personal property shall not be sold unless...
34-55-6-12. Insufficient Levy; Further Levy and Sale - Sec. 12. If the property levied on does not sell...
34-55-6-13. Unsatisfied Execution; Issuance of New Execution - Sec. 13. The clerk, upon the return of an execution...
34-55-6-14. Real Estate; Sheriff's Deed - Sec. 14. (a) Upon the sale of real estate, by...
34-55-6-15. Real Estate; Conveyance of Land to Heirs or Devisees of Deceased Purchaser - Sec. 15. If the purchaser of real estate upon execution,...
34-55-6-16. Procedural Violations by Sheriff; Penalties - Sec. 16. (a) A sheriff who: (1) sells any real...
34-55-6-17. Purchase of Property by Sheriff or Deputies; Sale Void - Sec. 17. If a sheriff or the sheriff's agent making...
34-55-6-18. Failure of Purchaser to Pay for Property; Damages - Sec. 18. Whenever the purchaser of property sold on execution...
34-55-6-19. Failure of Purchaser to Pay for Property; Resale of Property; Damages - Sec. 19. (a) As an alternative to the procedure set...
34-55-6-20. Limitation on Use of Mail - Sec. 20. When an execution is issued to any county...
34-55-6-21. Surplus of Execution Sale; Disposition - Sec. 21. When property is sold on execution for more...
Chapter 7. Liability of Sheriff to Pay Money Collected on Execution
34-55-7-1. Time of Paying Over Money - Sec. 1. When the sheriff has collected any money on...
34-55-7-2. Neglect or Refusal of Sheriff to Levy or Sell; Liability - Sec. 2. If a sheriff neglects or refuses to levy...
34-55-7-3. Neglect or Refusal of Sheriff to Return Execution; Liability - Sec. 3. If a sheriff neglects or refuses to return...
34-55-7-4. Neglect or Refusal of Sheriff to Pay Over Money Collected on Execution; Liability - Sec. 4. If a sheriff neglects or refuses on demand...
34-55-7-5. Additional Damages - Sec. 5. In all cases described in sections 2, 3,...
34-55-7-6. Actions Against Sheriff; Procedure - Sec. 6. (a) Recovery under section 5 of this chapter...
34-55-7-7. Return of Execution - Sec. 7. (a) Every execution shall be returned immediately upon...
34-55-7-8. Failure to Give Notice of Sale to Defendant; Plaintiff Required to Submit Refunding Bond - Sec. 8. If: (1) the sheriff sells the property of...
34-55-7-9. Death of Defendant; Effect - Sec. 9. The death of a defendant, after the execution...
Chapter 8. Proceedings Supplementary to Execution
34-55-8-1. Unsatisfied Execution; Order Requiring Judgment Debtor to Appear - Sec. 1. If an execution against the property of the...
34-55-8-2. Refusal of Judgment Debtor to Apply Assets to Judgment; Order Requiring - Sec. 2. (a) If, after the issuing of an execution...
34-55-8-3. Arrest of Debtor Authorized - Sec. 3. When the plaintiff or the plaintiff's agent or...
34-55-8-4. Arrest of Debtor; Bond - Sec. 4. The sheriff, after taking the execution debtor into...
34-55-8-5. Third Parties; When Required to Appear - Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and...
34-55-8-6. Witnesses - Sec. 6. (a) Witnesses may be required to appear and...
34-55-8-7. Order Requiring Application of Property to Debt and Forbidding Transfer; Liens; Order for Placing Hold on Deposit Account; Hearing; Order Releasing Hold - Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), after...
34-55-8-8. Cost of Proceedings - Sec. 8. Costs shall be awarded and taxed in a...
34-55-8-9. Proceedings to Be Summary - Sec. 9. All proceedings under this chapter, after the order...
Chapter 9. Real Estate Subject to Judgment and Execution
34-55-9-1. Real Estate Liable to Judgment and Attachment Enumerated - Sec. 1. The following real estate is liable to all...
34-55-9-2. Liens Upon Real Estate and Chattels Real - Sec. 2. All final judgments for the recovery of money...
34-55-9-3. Judgments on Bonds Payable to State - Sec. 3. Judgments on bonds payable to the state of...
34-55-9-4. Recognizance Binding Upon Real Estate - Sec. 4. A recognizance binds the real estate of the...
34-55-9-5. Executions Issued to Another County Binding Upon Real Estate - Sec. 5. An execution against property issued to another county...
Chapter 10. Sales and Execution of Real Estate: Exemptions
34-55-10-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law - Sec. 0.2. (a) The amendments made to IC 34-2-28 (before...
34-55-10-1. Bankruptcy Exemptions - Sec. 1. In accordance with Section 522(b) of the Bankruptcy...
34-55-10-2. Bankruptcy Exemptions; Limitations - Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to judgments...
34-55-10-2.5. Exemption Amounts; Adoption of Rules - Sec. 2.5. (a) The department of financial institutions shall adopt...
34-55-10-3. Designation of Exempt Property by Debtor - Sec. 3. The debtor may designate real property, personal property,...
34-55-10-4. Appraisal of Exempt Property; Selection of Appraisers - Sec. 4. For the appraisal of any property to be...
34-55-10-5. Schedule of Exempt Property; Affidavit of Appraisers - Sec. 5. The appraisers shall make a schedule of the...
34-55-10-6. Delivery of Schedule of Exempt Property; Second or Subsequent Appraisals - Sec. 6. The schedule of real and personal property shall...
34-55-10-7. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-28-6.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-10-8. Personal Property Only Claimed as Exemption; Procedure - Sec. 8. If the debtor claims as exempt from execution...
34-55-10-9. Personal and Real Property Claimed as Exemption; Procedure - Sec. 9. (a) If the value of a debtor's interest...
34-55-10-10. Repealed - [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-28-9.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51. Repealed...
34-55-10-11. Division of Real Property Claimed as Exemption; Exemption of Homestead - Sec. 11. In all cases in which real property is...
34-55-10-12. Debtor's Schedule Required - Sec. 12. Before a debtor receives the benefit of the...
34-55-10-13. Absence of Execution Defendant; Rights of Spouse - Sec. 13. In any case when the execution defendant is...
34-55-10-14. Certain Lands and Taxes Unaffected - Sec. 14. The exemption under this chapter does not: (1)...
Chapter 11. Sale and Execution of Real Estate: Payment of Taxes and Assessments
34-55-11-1. Liability of Purchaser and Redemptioner - Sec. 1. (a) Whenever real estate is sold on execution...
Chapter 12. Collection of Judgments Against City or County
34-55-12-1. Judgments Against County or City; Appropriations; Appeal - Sec. 1. (a) A judgment against a county or city...
34-55-12-2. Restrictions on Remedies; Inapplicability to Certain Actions - Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to judgments...
Chapter 13. Collection of Judgments Against Railroad Companies
34-55-13-1. Unpaid Judgment; Writs Directed to Agent or Employee - Sec. 1. (a) Whenever any judgment rendered in any court...
34-55-13-2. Certain Laws Unaffected - Sec. 2. This chapter (and IC 34-2-23 before its repeal)...