(1) If a sheriff sells personal property at an execution sale, upon receipt of the purchase money the sheriff shall give a bill of sale to the purchaser for any intangible property or other property not in the possession of the sheriff. The sheriff shall deliver personal property in the possession of the sheriff to the purchaser, but shall give the purchaser a bill of sale for that property only if the purchaser requests it.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 18.940

  • Execution: means enforcement of the money award portion of a judgment or enforcement of a judgment requiring delivery of the possession or sale of specific real or personal property, by means of writs of execution, writs of garnishment and other statutory or common law writs or remedies that may be available under the law. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Judgment: means the concluding decision of a court on one or more requests for relief in one or more actions, as reflected in a judgment document. See Oregon Statutes 18.005
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.

(2) If the sheriff has secured property in the manner provided by ORS § 18.880 and the judgment debtor refuses to make the property available to the purchaser, without further court order the sheriff shall use all reasonable force necessary to allow the purchaser to access the property at the place where the property was located when the sheriff secured the property. [2005 c.542 § 30]