Arizona Laws 12-1531. Return of writ; duties of officer; further return
A. An officer executing a writ of attachment shall return the writ with his action endorsed thereon or attached thereto and signed by him, to the court from which it issued within thirty days after date of the levy.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-1531
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
- Writ: means an order or precept in writing issued in the name of the state or by a court or judicial officer. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. The return shall describe the property attached with sufficient certainty to identify it and shall state when it was attached and whether any personal property attached still remains in his custody, and if not, the disposition made of the property.
C. When personal property has been replevied the officer shall deliver the replevin bond to the clerk or justice to be filed in the action.
D. When the property levied on is claimed, replevied or sold after the return, the officer shall immediately make a further return to the clerk or justice of the peace showing the disposition of the property.