6-10-29
Section 6-10-29 Contest of exemption claim - Filing of inventory by defendant; effect of failure
to file. On any contest of a claim of exemption to personal property, on the plaintiff's written
demand, made at any time, the defendant claiming the exemption shall, within 10 days, file
a full and complete inventory, duly verified by oath, of all his or her personal property,
except the wearing apparel, portraits, pictures, and books specifically exempted from levy
and sale, with the value and location of each item of such property, of all money belonging
to him or her, whether in his or her possession or held by others for him or her, and of all
debts and choses in action belonging to him or her or in which he or she is beneficially interested,
with the value of each of them. If such inventory is not filed within the time prescribed,
the plaintiff shall not be required to tender an issue on the claim, but the court must enter
judgment by default against the defendant, unless good and...
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6-10-35
Section 6-10-35 Contest of exemption claim - Tender of issue by plaintiff on inventory filed
by defendant; determination thereof. When, on a contest of a claim of exemption to personal
property, an inventory has been filed by the defendant, an issue may be tendered by the plaintiff
that the defendant has other personal property subject to levy and sale under the process
not embraced in the inventory or that the inventory discloses that the defendant has other
personal property subject to levy and sale under the process not embraced in the claim of
exemption which he has failed to deliver to the officer levying the process. If such issue
is determined in favor of the plaintiff, the value of such property shall be ascertained and
estimated in ascertaining the amount of the exemption to which the defendant is entitled and
be deducted from his or her claim in contest as if such property had been selected by him
or her as part of his or her exemptions. (Code 1876, §2839; Code 1886, §2531;...
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6-10-34
Section 6-10-34 Contest of exemption claim - Proceedings when inventory discloses personalty
not embraced by claim of exemption. When, on a contest of a claim of exemption to personal
property, an inventory filed by the defendant on the plaintiff's demand discloses other personal
property owned by the defendant and subject to sale under process not embraced in the claim
of exemption, the defendant, at the time of filing the inventory, shall deliver such property
to the officer making the levy, who shall, whether he has returned the process or not, in
case of an execution sell the property as in other cases and apply the proceeds to the satisfaction
of the execution or, in case of an attachment or other mesne process, shall hold the property
to await the final determination of the action. In either event, he shall make due return
of the facts to the court. (Code 1886, §2530; Code 1896, §2056; Code 1907, §4183; Code
1923, §7905; Code 1940, T. 7, §648.)...
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6-10-27
Section 6-10-27 Contest of exemption claim - Delivery of personalty to defendant upon executing
bond; proceedings when bond not forthcoming. (a) When any contest of a claim of exemption
to personal property has been instituted, the defendant claiming the exemption may, within
five days after service of notice of the contest, deliver to the officer making the levy a
bond in double the amount of the value of the property, to be fixed by, and with sureties
to be approved by, the officer, payable to the plaintiff and conditioned that if the defendant
is not successful in the contest, he or she will, within 30 days thereafter, deliver the property
to such officer and will pay all costs and damages that may result from its detention. Thereupon,
the property shall be delivered to the defendant. (b) If the defendant fails to deliver such
bond within the five days allowed him or her and the plaintiff shall, within five days thereafter,
deliver to the officer a bond in the amount, and with the...
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6-10-37
Section 6-10-37 Contest of exemption claim - Garnishment of money, choses in action or personal
property. When money, choses in action or personal property are garnished and the defendant
claims the same, or any part thereof, as exempt, he shall file his claim thereto in writing,
verified by oath, in the court in which such proceedings are pending, accompanied by a statement
setting forth the personal property, choses in action, and money and the location and value
thereof, as required in the statement to be filed under the provisions of Section 6-10-29.
Such claim the plaintiff, in person or by his agent or attorney, may contest as in cases of
contest after declaration filed, and such contest shall be tried and determined as other contests
of claims of exemptions are tried and determined. If the defendant has notice of the garnishment,
the claim of exemption must be interposed before judgment of condemnation, but if not, such
judgment shall not operate to impair or affect his claim of...
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6-10-33
Section 6-10-33 Contest of exemption claim - Proceedings when claim of personalty found excessive.
When, on a contest of a claim of exemption to personal property, the issue is whether or not
the claim is excessive and such issue is found in favor of the plaintiff, it must also be
ascertained by the finding of the court or the verdict of the jury, as the case may be, how
much and what portion of the property is exempt, describing the same with its value, approximating
in value as nearly as practicable $3,000, and the residue of the property shall be sold, and
out of the proceeds of sale there shall be paid to the defendant an amount which, when added
to the value of the property found to be exempt, will make the exemption equal to $3,000,
and the balance shall be applied to the payment of the costs and satisfaction of the process.
(Code 1876, §2839; Code 1886, §2529; Code 1896, §2055; Code 1907, §4182; Code 1923, §7904;
Code 1940, T. 7, §647; Acts 1980, No. 80-569, p. 879, §4.)...
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6-10-25
Section 6-10-25 Declaration of claimed exemptions - Contesting of claims. A plaintiff, in person
or by his or her agent or attorney, may contest a claim of exemption after a declaration thereof
has been filed by making and filing with the officer holding the process an affidavit that,
in his belief, either the claim is invalid entirely or it is invalid in part or is excessive,
specifying wherein such invalidity or excess consists, and if excessive, also specifying the
property alleged to be in excess, to be, in all cases, the last named in the claim. If the
claim is of personal property, he or she must also deliver to the officer a bond in double
the value of the property sought to be levied on, with sureties to be approved by the officer,
payable to the defendant claiming the exemption and conditioned that if the plaintiff fails
in the contest, he or she will pay the defendant all such costs and damages as he or she may
sustain by reason of the wrongful institution of the contest....
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6-10-26
Section 6-10-26 Claim of exemption after levy and prior to sale; contesting of such claim.
The right of homestead or other exemption shall not be waived or lost by a failure, before
the levy of process, to file for record a declaration claiming the same; but the defendant,
in person or by his or her agent or attorney, may, at any time after the levy and prior to
a sale, file with the officer making the levy a claim in writing, verified by oath, to such
property, or any part thereof, as exempt and, if of a part, describing the same; and, within
three days thereafter, such officer must give to the plaintiff or his or her agent or attorney
written notice of the filing of the claim. Thereupon, the plaintiff, in person or by his or
her agent or attorney, may contest the claim in the mode provided in Section 6-10-25; except,
that no bond need be executed; and on the institution of such contest, the officer shall,
within three days thereafter, give the defendant written notice of the same. If...
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6-10-32
Section 6-10-32 Contest of exemption claim - Judgment. If the plaintiff fails to appear in
support of his contest or if on the trial all the property in contest is found exempt, judgment
must be entered against the plaintiff for the costs of the levy and contest and releasing
the property from the levy, but if the defendant fails to appear in support of his or her
claim of exemption or if on the trial any of the property is found liable to the process,
judgment must be entered against the defendant for costs and condemning the property to sale.
(Code 1876, §2838; Code 1886, §2528; Code 1896, §2054; Code 1907, §4181; Code 1923, §7903;
Code 1940, T. 7, §646.)...
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6-10-36
Section 6-10-36 Contest of exemption claim - Assessment of value of property and damages resulting
from detention on bond; judgment and execution on bond. When bond has been executed by the
plaintiff or defendant for the forthcoming of the property in contest, the value of the property,
and the damages resulting from its detention must be assessed by the court or jury trying
the contest. If the unsuccessful party fails for 20 days after judgment to deliver the property
and pay the damages as required by the condition of the bond, it shall be the duty of the
sheriff to make due return of that fact; and, upon such return being made, the bond shall
have the force and effect of a judgment, and execution may issue thereon against the obligors
on the bond for the value of the property and the damages assessed, or either, and costs.
(Code 1876, §2836; Code 1886, §2532; Code 1896, §2058; Code 1907, §4185; Code 1923, §7907;
Code 1940, T. 7, §650.)...
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