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Terms Used In Alabama Code 6-6-73

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The attachment may be executed in any county of the state by the sheriff of the county in which the property or garnishee may be found, and the sheriff must take and hold the property attached, unless replevied, subject to the order of the court in which the attachment is pending.