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Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-25-2-10

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
   Sec. 10. An order of attachment binds the defendant‘s property in the county subject to execution and becomes a lien on the property from the time of the delivery of the order to the sheriff, in the same manner as an execution.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-11-10.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.20.