§ 28-21-06 — Issuance and contents of execution

North Dakota § 28-21-06

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 28: Judicial Procedure, Civil
• Ch. 28-21: Execution of the Judgment

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An execution must be issued in the name of the state of North Dakota, attested in the name
of the judge of the court that entered the judgment, sealed with the seal of the court, subscribed
by the clerk of that court, and directed and delivered to a sheriff. The execution must describe
the judgment, stating the date and time the judgment was filed with the clerk, the courts and
counties to which the judgment has been transcribed, the names of the parties, and the
last-known address of the judgment debtor. A special execution must state the amount of money
due to the judgment creditor, the date and time the judgment was docketed by the clerk, the rate
of interest applicable to the judgment, the amount of the costs accrued on the judgment as of
the date of issuance of the execution, and if the execution is being issued to a sheriff of a
different county, the date and time the judgment was docketed in that county. If the execution is
for the delivery of the possession of property, the execution must also particularly describe the
property to be delivered, identify the party entitled to possession of the property, and if the same
judgment orders the judgment debtor to pay any costs, damages, or rents or profits to the party
entitled to possession of the property, list the amounts due as of the date of issuance of the
execution. Upon receipt of an execution, the sheriff shall:
1. Satisfy the judgment with interest and accruing costs, which include sheriff and county
costs, out of the personal property of the judgment debtor, and if sufficient personal
property cannot be found, out of the real property belonging to the debtor on the date
when the judgment was docketed in the county or at any time after that date. If
property of the debtor is in the hands of a personal representative, heir, devisee,
legatee, tenant of real property, or trustee, the sheriff may satisfy the judgment out of
that property; or
2. If the execution is for the delivery of the possession of property, deliver the property to
the party entitled to the property and satisfy any costs, damages, or rents or profits
recovered by the same judgment out of the personal property of the judgment debtor
and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, out of the real property of the
judgment debtor on the date when the judgment was docketed in the county or at any
time after that date. If the property cannot be delivered, the sheriff may satisfy the
judgment in the amount of the value of the property out of the real and personal
property of the judgment debtor as if an execution had been issued.