CHAPTER 3. LEVY OF EXECUTION
IC 34-55-3
Chapter 3. Levy of Execution
IC 34-55-3-1
Service by sheriff and offer to sell
Sec. 1. When an execution against the property of any person is
issued to the sheriff, the sheriff shall:
(1) serve the execution upon the defendants in the county and
levy the execution, if not paid, upon property; and
(2) make at least one (1) offer to sell property levied upon
within sixty (60) days after the execution comes to the sheriff,
if property can be found, unless otherwise directed by the
plaintiff or the plaintiff's agents.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-2
Currency and bank notes
Sec. 2. Current coin and lawful money, and bank notes the
plaintiff is willing to receive as money, may be levied upon and
returned on execution, without sale, as so much money collected.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-3
Bills, notes, drafts, and checks
Sec. 3. Bills, notes, drafts, checks, or other evidences of debt,
issued by any monied corporation or bank, or by Indiana or the
United States, and circulating as money, may be levied upon as
personal property and sold on execution.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-4
Goods and chattels pledged, assigned, or mortgaged
Sec. 4. Goods and chattels pledged, assigned, or mortgaged as
security for any debt or contract may be levied upon and sold on
execution against the person making the pledge, assignment, or
mortgage. The purchaser is entitled to the possession upon
complying with the conditions of the pledge, assignment, or
mortgage.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-5
Shares of stock
Sec. 5. (a) Shares of stock in any corporation or company may be
levied upon and sold in the county where the office and books,
showing the shares of stock and stockholders of the corporation or
company, are kept.
(b) The sheriff shall transfer the stock, subject to the rights of the
corporation or company.
(c) The sheriff is entitled to access to the books of any corporation
or company in the sheriff's county for the purpose of making the
levy. If refused access, the court shall enforce the right.
(d) The shares of stock subject to be levied upon are bound by the
execution from the time of the levy. When the levy is made, the
sheriff shall leave the notice of the levy with the officers of the
company. The levy constitutes a lien upon the stock from the time of
the levy.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-6
Debt or cause of action
Sec. 6. Any debt or cause of action, which is assignable, may be
levied upon, when given up by the defendant, and sold on execution,
in the same manner as other personal property.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-7
Debt or thing in action; assignment and delivery to purchaser
Sec. 7. The sheriff making the sale of any debt or thing in action
shall assign and deliver the debt or thing in action to the purchaser.
The assignment has the same effect as if made by the execution
defendant at the time of making the levy.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-8
Actions involving assignments; pleading
Sec. 8. In any action in which the assignment is declared upon or
stated, it is not necessary to plead or prove any judgment or
execution, by virtue of which the sale was made, nor to prove the
execution of the assignment, unless the assignment is denied under
oath.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-9
Designated and undesignated property
Sec. 9. (a) When an execution issues against the real or personal
property of any person, the sheriff shall levy the execution, first upon
that part of the property designated by the person, if there is no
reasonable doubt that the person is the owner of the property and if
designated in time to enable the sheriff to levy and sell without
unnecessary delay.
(b) If no property is designated as described in subsection (a), the
sheriff shall levy the execution upon any property of the debtor that
can be found, subject to execution.
(c) If the designated property is insufficient to satisfy the
execution, the sheriff shall levy the execution upon other property,
subject to execution, as can be most readily found, sufficient, in
addition to the property designated, to satisfy the execution.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.
IC 34-55-3-10
Personalty and real estate; order of levy and sale
Sec. 10. In all cases where the personal estate of the debtor,
subject to execution, is insufficient to satisfy the execution, the real
estate is exempt from levy and sale until the personal estate is levied
upon and sold, unless the debtor directs otherwise. The principal
messuage, lands, or tenements of the debtor, or upon which the
debtor may reside, shall not be levied upon unless other property
cannot be found sufficient to satisfy the execution in the hands of the
sheriff.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.51.