§ 9-25-23. Execution against attached property.
Whenever final judgment or decree shall be rendered for the plaintiff in any action or suit in which a writ was served attaching real estate, or goods and chattels, or stock or shares in any incorporated company, the execution issued on the judgment or decree shall be levied on the property so attached, as soon as may be; but if execution shall not be so levied within one year from the day of entry of judgment or decree, the property attached shall be discharged from the attachment. In computing the periods of time provided in this section, time during which execution is stayed shall not be included.
History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 621; G.L. 1909, ch. 303, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 353, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 552, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 9-25-23; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 43; P.L. 1979, ch. 373, § 8; P.L. 1982, ch. 130, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-25-1. - “Trustee” defined.
Section 9-25-2. - Time of issue.
Section 9-25-3. - Limitation on issuance.
Section 9-25-4. - Stay of execution.
Section 9-25-5. - Fee prerequisite to issuance.
Section 9-25-6. - Style of executions.
Section 9-25-7. - Form of superior court writ of execution.
Section 9-25-8. - Form of district court writ of execution.
Section 9-25-9. - Form of superior court writs of possession.
Section 9-25-10. - Form of district court writs of possession.
Section 9-25-11. - Bracketed words in forms.
Section 9-25-12. - Form of execution against trustee or trust estate.
Section 9-25-13. - Variation of forms to comply with law.
Section 9-25-14. - Marginal notations on execution.
Section 9-25-15. - Cases in which execution may issue against body.
Section 9-25-17. - Execution against female on small judgment.
Section 9-25-18. - Setoff of judgments and execution for balance.
Section 9-25-19. - Replacement of lost or destroyed executions.
Section 9-25-20. - Return of executions.
Section 9-25-21. - Return of district court executions.
Section 9-25-22. - Execution against defendant released from arrest by court.
Section 9-25-23. - Execution against attached property.
Section 9-25-25. - Execution against real estate held in partnership name.