1-440.39. Discharge of attachment upon giving bond.
(a) Any defendant whose property has been attached may move, either before the clerk or the judge, to discharge the attachment upon his giving bond for the property attached. If no prior general appearance has been made by such defendant, such motion shall constitute a general appearance.
(b) The court hearing such motion shall make an order discharging such attachment upon such defendant's filing a bond as follows:
(1) If it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the court by affidavit that the property attached is of a greater value than the amount claimed by the plaintiff, the court shall require a bond in double the amount of the judgment prayed for by the plaintiff, and the condition of such bond shall be that if judgment is rendered against the defendant, the defendant will pay to the plaintiff the amount of the judgment and all costs that the defendant may be ordered to pay, the surety's liability, however, to be limited to the amount of the bond.
(2) If it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the court by affidavit that the property attached is of less value than the amount claimed by the plaintiff, the court shall, upon affidavits filed, determine the value thereof and shall require a bond in double the amount of such value, and the condition of the bond shall be that if judgment is rendered against the defendant, the defendant will pay to the plaintiff an amount equal to the value of such property.
(c) If a bond is filed as provided in subsection (b) of this section, all property of such defendant then remaining in the possession of the sheriff pursuant to such attachment, including, but not by way of limitation, money collected and the proceeds of sales, shall be delivered to the defendant and shall thereafter be free from the attachment.
(d) The discharge of an attachment as provided by this section does not bar the defendant from exercising any right provided by G.S. 1-440.36, 1-440.37 or 1-440.40. (1947, c. 693, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
§ 1-440 - Superseded by Session Laws 1947, c693, codified as § 1- 440.1 et seq.
§ 1-440.1 - Nature of attachment.
§ 1-440.2 - Actions in which attachment may be had.
§ 1-440.3 - Grounds for attachment.
§ 1-440.4 - Property subject to attachment.
§ 1-440.5 - By whom order issued; when and where; filing of bond and affidavit.
§ 1-440.6 - Time of issuance with reference to summons or service by publication.
§ 1-440.7 - Time within which service of summons or service by publication must be had.
§ 1-440.8 - General provisions relative to bonds.
§ 1-440.9 - Authority of court to fix procedural details.
§ 1-440.10 - Bond for attachment.
§ 1-440.11 - Affidavit for attachment; amendment.
§ 1-440.12 - Order of attachment; form and contents.
§ 1-440.13 - Additional orders of attachment at time of original order; alias and pluries orders.
§ 1-440.14 - Notice of issuance of order of attachment when no personal service.
§ 1-440.15 - Method of execution.
§ 1-440.16 - Sheriff's return.
§ 1-440.17 - Levy on real property.
§ 1-440.18 - Levy on tangible personal property in defendant's possession.
§ 1-440.19 - Levy on stock in corporation.
§ 1-440.20 - Levy on goods in warehouses.
§ 1-440.21 - Nature of garnishment.
§ 1-440.22 - Issuance of summons to garnishee.
§ 1-440.23 - Form of summons to garnishee.
§ 1-440.24 - Form of notice of levy in garnishment proceeding.
§ 1-440.25 - Levy upon debt owed by, or property in possession of, the garnishee.
§ 1-440.26 - To whom garnishment process may be delivered when garnishee is corporation.
§ 1-440.27 - Failure of garnishee to appear.
§ 1-440.28 - Admission by garnishee; setoff; lien.
§ 1-440.29 - Denial of claim by garnishee; issues of fact.
§ 1-440.30 - Time of jury trial.
§ 1-440.31 - Payment to defendant by garnishee.
§ 1-440.32 - Execution against garnishee.
§ 1-440.33 - When lien of attachment begins; priority of liens.
§ 1-440.34 - Effect of defendant's death after levy.
§ 1-440.35 - Sheriff's liability for care of attached property; expense of care.
§ 1-440.36 - Dissolution of the order of attachment.
§ 1-440.37 - Modification of the order of attachment.
§ 1-440.38 - Stay of order dissolving or modifying an order of attachment.
§ 1-440.39 - Discharge of attachment upon giving bond.
§ 1-440.40 - Defendant's objection to bond or surety.
§ 1-440.41 - Defendant's remedies not exclusive.
§ 1-440.43 - Remedies of third person claiming attached property or interest therein.
§ 1-440.44 - When attached property to be sold before judgment.
§ 1-440.45 - When defendant prevails in principal action.