Alabama § 6-9-120 Return Showing Goods Levied on Unsold; Issuance of Writ; Form of Writ

Alabama Statutes

§ 6-9-120 — Return Showing Goods Levied on Unsold; Issuance of Writ; Form of Writ

Alabama § 6-9-120

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 6Civil Practice

Ch. 9Judgments

Art. 5Levy, Sale and Return

Div. 2Venditioni Exponas

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 6-9-120 (2026).

Text

When goods levied on remain in the hands of the officer unsold, it is his duty to make return of the fact; and, thereupon, the clerk must issue a writ for the sale thereof in substance as follows:
The State of Alabama,
_____ County.
To the Sheriff of said County:
You are hereby commanded to sell those goods and chattels of _____, which you have taken pursuant to our command, and which, according to your return, remain in your hands unsold, to satisfy _____ the sum of _____ dollars, recovered by him of the said _____ by the judgment of our circuit (or district) court, held for the County of _____ on the _____ day of _____, 19__, and _____ dollars, cost of the action; and make return of this writ and execution thereof according to law.
Witness my hand, this _____ day of _____, 19__.
_____ Cl

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When goods levied on remain in the hands of the officer unsold, it is his duty to make return of the fact; and, thereupon, the clerk must issue a writ for the sale thereof in substance as follows:
The State of Alabama,
_____ County.
To the Sheriff of said County:
You are hereby commanded to sell those goods and chattels of _____, which you have taken pursuant to our command, and which, according to your return, remain in your hands unsold, to satisfy _____ the sum of _____ dollars, recovered by him of the said _____ by the judgment of our circuit (or district) court, held for the County of _____ on the _____ day of _____, 19__, and _____ dollars, cost of the action; and make return of this writ and execution thereof according to law.
Witness my hand, this _____ day of _____, 19__.
_____ Clerk or Register.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §2454; Code 1867, §2868; Code 1876, §3206; Code 1886, §2915; Code 1896, §1913; Code 1907, §4120; Code 1923, §7835; Code 1940, T. 7, §547.)