Alabama Code 6-6-254. Return of bonds; liability of sheriff for failing to do so; compelling making of return
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-254
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
All bonds taken under this article must be returned within 10 days thereafter to the clerk of the court in which the action is pending, and, on failure, the sheriff is liable to the successful party to the amount of the value of the property and damages for its detention as assessed by the jury, with interest thereon from the entry of the judgment, to be recovered on motion to the court in which such judgment was entered on three days’ notice, or the sheriff may, at any time, be compelled by attachment to make such return.