§ 34-55-8-4 — Arrest of debtor; bond

Indiana § 34-55-8-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 55: EXECUTION OF JUDGMENTS
• Ch. 8: Proceedings Supplementary to Execution

Text

The sheriff, after taking the execution debtor
into custody upon the order of arrest, shall require the execution debtor
to enter into a written undertaking to the plaintiff, with surety, to be
approved by the officer, that:
(1) the execution debtor will attend before the court and obey the
order made by the court; and
(2) the execution debtor will not, in the meantime, dispose of any
part of the execution debtor's property that is not exempt from
execution.
If the execution debtor defaults on the written undertaking, the
execution debtor shall be committed to prison. Upon breach of the
written undertaking, the plaintiff is entitled to the amount of the value
of the property unlawfully withheld or disposed of.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-44-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.