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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 28-21EXECUTION OF THE JUDGMENT28-21-01. Execution at any time within ten years. A judgment creditor or the party'sduly appointed personal representatives at any time within ten years after the entry of judgment<br>may proceed to enforce the judgment by execution as provided in this chapter. If the judgment<br>creditor in a mortgage foreclosure does not proceed within sixty days after entry of judgment in<br>the foreclosure to serve a special execution and proceed without delay to a sheriff's sale, any<br>other lienholder or other interested person may obtain the special execution and proceed to<br>arrange for a sheriff's sale.28-21-02.Stay of execution but not of judgment.Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P.,Rule 62.28-21-03. Two kinds of execution. There are two kinds of execution, one against theproperty of the judgment debtor and another for the delivery of the possession of property and<br>any damages for withholding the property.28-21-03.1. General execution. If the judgment requires the payment of money or thedelivery of property, the judgment may be enforced by execution.28-21-04.Special executions.If the judgment requires the sale of property, thejudgment may be enforced by a special execution directing the sale and application of the<br>proceeds in conformity with the judgment. Real property must be sold in the county in which it is<br>located.28-21-04.1. Self-execution judgments. If the judgment requires the performance ofany act, obedience to that act may be enforced by service of a certified copy of the judgment<br>upon the party against whom it is given, or the person who is required to obey the same. Refusal<br>may be punished by contempt.28-21-04.2. Summary execution on moneys retained pursuant to garnishment. If ajudgment creditor proposes to execute on moneys owed to the judgment debtor by a third party<br>who is retaining the money pursuant to garnishment, the execution must be made between<br>twenty and three hundred sixty days after service of the garnishment summons. The execution<br>may be served by personal service or by certified mail upon the third party by a sheriff or by an<br>attorney licensed to practice law in this state. The execution may be directed to the sheriff of any<br>county. A transcript of the judgment need not be filed in the county of the sheriff to whom the<br>execution is directed.Upon receipt, the third party shall remit the amount due under thegarnishment to the sheriff or the attorney who shall proceed in all other respects like the sheriff<br>making a similar execution.If the judgment debtor files a claim of exemptions undersection 32-09.1-22 within twenty days after service of the garnishment summons, an execution<br>may not be made against moneys claimed as exempt and retained under the garnishment<br>summons until the court determines that the moneys being garnished are not exempt.28-21-05. Execution issued to sheriff of counties where judgment docketed. Anexecution may be issued by the clerk of court in which the judgment was entered to the sheriff of<br>any county where the judgment is docketed. If the execution requires the delivery of real or<br>personal property, the execution may be issued to the sheriff of any county where the property or<br>portion of the property is situated. More than one execution may be issued at the same time to<br>the sheriffs of different counties.28-21-05.1. Levy with certified copy of judgment. A sheriff may levy upon a person'spersonal property upon receipt of a certified copy of judgment docketed in any county requiring<br>payment of money or the delivery of personal property. The judgment creditor may also proceed<br>to enforce the judgment by execution.Page No. 128-21-05.2. Department of human services may issue executions for child supportarrearages.1.Notwithstanding section 28-21-05, if the judgment debtor is listed on the arrears<br>registry as defined in section 14-09-09.10, or if the judgment debtor meets criteria<br>established by the secretary of the United States department of health and human<br>services that apply when a financial institution is doing business in two or more<br>states, the department of human services may issue an execution, against the<br>property of the judgment debtor, to the sheriff of any county in which the property<br>may be found.2.A writ of execution issued by the department of human services must be issued as<br>provided in section 28-21-06, except the past-due support need not be docketed and<br>the writ may be issued in a form prescribed by the department of human services. A<br>writ issued under this section must be accompanied by a copy of the payment<br>records maintained under section 50-09-02.1 which has been certified under section<br>14-08.1-08.3.A writ issued by the department of human services is returnable to the department.28-21-06. Issuance and contents of execution. An execution must be issued in thename of the state of North Dakota, attested in the name of the judge of the court that entered the<br>judgment, sealed with the seal of the court, subscribed by the clerk of that court, and directed<br>and delivered to a sheriff. The execution must describe the judgment, stating the date and time<br>the judgment was filed with the clerk, the courts and counties to which the judgment has been<br>transcribed, the names of the parties, and the last-known address of the judgment debtor. A<br>special execution must state the amount of money due to the judgment creditor, the date and<br>time the judgment was docketed by the clerk, the rate of interest applicable to the judgment, the<br>amount of the costs accrued on the judgment as of the date of issuance of the execution, and if<br>the execution is being issued to a sheriff of a different county, the date and time the judgment<br>was docketed in that county. If the execution is for the delivery of the possession of property, the<br>execution must also particularly describe the property to be delivered, identify the party entitled to<br>possession of the property, and if the same judgment orders the judgment debtor to pay any<br>costs, damages, or rents or profits to the party entitled to possession of the property, list the<br>amounts due as of the date of issuance of the execution. Upon receipt of an execution, the<br>sheriff shall:1.Satisfy the judgment with interest and accruing costs, which include sheriff and<br>county costs, out of the personal property of the judgment debtor, and if sufficient<br>personal property cannot be found, out of the real property belonging to the debtor<br>on the date when the judgment was docketed in the county or at any time after that<br>date. If property of the debtor is in the hands of a personal representative, heir,<br>devisee, legatee, tenant of real property, or trustee, the sheriff may satisfy the<br>judgment out of that property; or2.If the execution is for the delivery of the possession of property, deliver the property<br>to the party entitled to the property and satisfy any costs, damages, or rents or<br>profits recovered by the same judgment out of the personal property of the judgment<br>debtor and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, out of the real property of<br>the judgment debtor on the date when the judgment was docketed in the county or<br>at any time after that date. If the property cannot be delivered, the sheriff may<br>satisfy the judgment in the amount of the value of the property out of the real and<br>personal property of the judgment debtor as if an execution had been issued.28-21-07. Time of return. The execution must be returned to the clerk within sixty daysafter the receipt by the officer.If a sheriff's levy has been made within the sixty days, theexecution must be returned within a reasonable time following the completion of the sale of the<br>property or ninety days after receipt by the officer. If a levy has been made and the issue of<br>ownership of the property or interest in the property is raised by any party, or if the issue whetherPage No. 2the property is exempt under chapter 28-22 is raised by either party, the court having jurisdiction<br>may extend, for good cause shown, the execution for a reasonable time to accommodate due<br>notice and hearing to determine these issues and to provide time for the publication of notice of<br>sale and sale of the property subject to execution.28-21-08. Property subject to levy - Manner of levy.1.An interest in property of the judgment debtor not exempt by law is subject to<br>execution. Shares and interests in any corporation or company, debts and credits,<br>and all other property not capable of manual delivery may be taken on execution and<br>sold as provided in this chapter. The levy under an execution must be made as<br>follows:a.On real property, the sheriff shall file a notice of levy with the recorder of the<br>county in which the property is located which has been signed by the sheriff<br>and which states the names of the parties to the action and a description of the<br>property.b.On personal property capable of manual delivery, the sheriff shall take the<br>property into custody. When taking the property, the sheriff shall deliver a copy<br>of the execution and notice of levy to the person from whom the property was<br>taken.c.On money, judgments, drafts, promissory notes, or other papers of like<br>character, by serving a copy of the execution to the person who has custody of<br>the property, except for wage garnishment.d.On other personal property, the sheriff shall leave a copy of the execution and a<br>notice of levy with the person holding the property. If the property consists of a<br>right or share in the stock of a corporation or interest or profits in the<br>corporation, the sheriff shall leave the copy with any officer or managing agent<br>of the corporation. If the property consists of membership interests in a limited<br>liability company or interest or profits in a limited liability company, the sheriff<br>shall leave the copy with any officer or managing agent of the limited liability<br>company.2.The sheriff may elect not to seize property during the time period the debtor has to<br>claim exemptions under chapter 28-22 or in the case of property that by reason of<br>bulk or other cause cannot be removed immediately. Service of the notice of levy<br>under this section and section 28-21-12 is as valid and effectual as if the property<br>had been seized and the possession and control of the property retained by the<br>officer. The lien of the writ of execution is effectual from the time the actual levy is<br>made under this section and section 28-21-12.28-21-09.Pledged or mortgaged property may be levied on.When property ispledged or mortgaged or is subject to a lien, the right and interest of the judgment debtor may be<br>sold without taking possession of or removing the property to the place of sale, but the entire<br>right and interest of the debtor in the property pledged or covered by each lien must be sold as<br>one parcel, and the purchaser acquires all the right and interest of the debtor.28-21-10. Officer's proceedings on execution. When an execution is delivered to anyofficer, the officer shall endorse on the execution the day and hour when the officer received the<br>execution and shall proceed to execute the execution with diligence.If executed, an exactdescription of the property sold with the date of the levy, sale, or other act done by virtue of the<br>execution, including all costs incurred, must be endorsed upon or appended to the execution. If<br>the writ was not executed, the execution must be returned wholly unsatisfied with all costs<br>incurred endorsed upon or appended to the execution. If the writ was executed in part only, the<br>reason along with all costs in the case must be stated in the return.Page No. 328-21-11. Levy and sale. The officer shall execute the writ by levying on the property ofthe judgment debtor, or by selling the same, selling the other property, and paying to the<br>judgment creditor the proceeds, or so much thereof as will satisfy the execution.28-21-12. Notice of levy - Service - Contents. In all cases of levy upon personalproperty, the sheriff or other officer must serve the notice of levy in the same manner as a<br>summons is served in accordance with the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure. Such notice<br>must have written or printed upon its face the further notice to the debtor, that if exemptions are<br>claimed or demanded, such claim must be made within ten days after service of notice.28-21-12.1. Property delivery - Penalty. Any person who has received notice of levy inaccordance with this chapter and fails to surrender and deliver the property levied on under<br>section 28-21-08 upon demand of the sheriff is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and may be<br>guilty of contempt of court.28-21-13. Amount levied - When lien on personalty. The officer shall select as nearlyas practicable property in quantities as will be likely to bring the exact amount required to be<br>raised and may make more than one levy if the officer determines multiple levies necessary. A<br>writ of execution is not a lien on personal property before the actual levy.28-21-13.1. Levy when more than one execution is outstanding. If more than oneexecution against a judgment debtor is outstanding when a levy upon property of a judgment<br>debtor is made, the property must be applied to the execution first received by the sheriff. The<br>balance, if any, of the property must be applied to subsequent executions in order of time as<br>received by the sheriff. However, property of the judgment debtor which was not previously<br>levied upon but which is subject to levy and which is particularly described either in the execution<br>or in a written notice to the sheriff by the judgment creditor or the creditor's agent or attorney<br>must be applied to that execution regardless of time of receipt of the execution by the sheriff.28-21-14. What need not be sold. Money levied on may be appropriated without beingadvertised or sold. The same may be done with judgments, drafts, promissory notes, or other<br>papers of like character, if the judgment creditor will receive them at their par value as cash or if<br>the officer can exchange them for cash at that value, and an assignment thereof by the officer<br>shall have the same effect as if made by the execution debtor.28-21-15.Payment to sheriff by debtor's debtor.After the issuing of executionagainst property, any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount<br>of that person's debt, or so much thereof as is necessary to satisfy the execution, and the<br>sheriff's receipt is a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid.28-21-16. Claim by third person - Sheriff's jury. Repealed by S.L. 1985, ch. 347, <meta property="og:url" content="https://statutes.laws.com/test/" />
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<a href='https://statutes.laws.com/'>Statutes</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota'>North-dakota</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota/t28'>T28</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota/t28/t28c21'>T28c21</a><br><br><a href="https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2009/t28/pdf/t28c21.pdf">Download pdf</a><br><div id="embed_document" style="width:625px; height:815px; text-align:center;">Loading PDF...</div><script type="text/javascript"> var pdf_url = 'https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2009/t28/pdf/t28c21.pdf'; $(document).ready(function() { var embedwindow = $("#embed_document"); if ($.browser.msie){ embedwindow.html('<embed src="'+pdf_url+'" width="100%" height="100%"></embed>'); } else { embedwindow.html('<iframe style="width:100%; height:100%;" src="https://docs.google.com/gview?url='+window.escape(pdf_url)+'&embedded=true" frameborder="0"></iframe>'); } });</script><br><br><noframes>CHAPTER 28-21EXECUTION OF THE JUDGMENT28-21-01. Execution at any time within ten years. A judgment creditor or the party'sduly appointed personal representatives at any time within ten years after the entry of judgment<br>may proceed to enforce the judgment by execution as provided in this chapter. If the judgment<br>creditor in a mortgage foreclosure does not proceed within sixty days after entry of judgment in<br>the foreclosure to serve a special execution and proceed without delay to a sheriff's sale, any<br>other lienholder or other interested person may obtain the special execution and proceed to<br>arrange for a sheriff's sale.28-21-02.Stay of execution but not of judgment.Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P.,Rule 62.28-21-03. Two kinds of execution. There are two kinds of execution, one against theproperty of the judgment debtor and another for the delivery of the possession of property and<br>any damages for withholding the property.28-21-03.1. General execution. If the judgment requires the payment of money or thedelivery of property, the judgment may be enforced by execution.28-21-04.Special executions.If the judgment requires the sale of property, thejudgment may be enforced by a special execution directing the sale and application of the<br>proceeds in conformity with the judgment. Real property must be sold in the county in which it is<br>located.28-21-04.1. Self-execution judgments. If the judgment requires the performance ofany act, obedience to that act may be enforced by service of a certified copy of the judgment<br>upon the party against whom it is given, or the person who is required to obey the same. Refusal<br>may be punished by contempt.28-21-04.2. Summary execution on moneys retained pursuant to garnishment. If ajudgment creditor proposes to execute on moneys owed to the judgment debtor by a third party<br>who is retaining the money pursuant to garnishment, the execution must be made between<br>twenty and three hundred sixty days after service of the garnishment summons. The execution<br>may be served by personal service or by certified mail upon the third party by a sheriff or by an<br>attorney licensed to practice law in this state. The execution may be directed to the sheriff of any<br>county. A transcript of the judgment need not be filed in the county of the sheriff to whom the<br>execution is directed.Upon receipt, the third party shall remit the amount due under thegarnishment to the sheriff or the attorney who shall proceed in all other respects like the sheriff<br>making a similar execution.If the judgment debtor files a claim of exemptions undersection 32-09.1-22 within twenty days after service of the garnishment summons, an execution<br>may not be made against moneys claimed as exempt and retained under the garnishment<br>summons until the court determines that the moneys being garnished are not exempt.28-21-05. Execution issued to sheriff of counties where judgment docketed. Anexecution may be issued by the clerk of court in which the judgment was entered to the sheriff of<br>any county where the judgment is docketed. If the execution requires the delivery of real or<br>personal property, the execution may be issued to the sheriff of any county where the property or<br>portion of the property is situated. More than one execution may be issued at the same time to<br>the sheriffs of different counties.28-21-05.1. Levy with certified copy of judgment. A sheriff may levy upon a person'spersonal property upon receipt of a certified copy of judgment docketed in any county requiring<br>payment of money or the delivery of personal property. The judgment creditor may also proceed<br>to enforce the judgment by execution.Page No. 128-21-05.2. Department of human services may issue executions for child supportarrearages.1.Notwithstanding section 28-21-05, if the judgment debtor is listed on the arrears<br>registry as defined in section 14-09-09.10, or if the judgment debtor meets criteria<br>established by the secretary of the United States department of health and human<br>services that apply when a financial institution is doing business in two or more<br>states, the department of human services may issue an execution, against the<br>property of the judgment debtor, to the sheriff of any county in which the property<br>may be found.2.A writ of execution issued by the department of human services must be issued as<br>provided in section 28-21-06, except the past-due support need not be docketed and<br>the writ may be issued in a form prescribed by the department of human services. A<br>writ issued under this section must be accompanied by a copy of the payment<br>records maintained under section 50-09-02.1 which has been certified under section<br>14-08.1-08.3.A writ issued by the department of human services is returnable to the department.28-21-06. Issuance and contents of execution. An execution must be issued in thename of the state of North Dakota, attested in the name of the judge of the court that entered the<br>judgment, sealed with the seal of the court, subscribed by the clerk of that court, and directed<br>and delivered to a sheriff. The execution must describe the judgment, stating the date and time<br>the judgment was filed with the clerk, the courts and counties to which the judgment has been<br>transcribed, the names of the parties, and the last-known address of the judgment debtor. A<br>special execution must state the amount of money due to the judgment creditor, the date and<br>time the judgment was docketed by the clerk, the rate of interest applicable to the judgment, the<br>amount of the costs accrued on the judgment as of the date of issuance of the execution, and if<br>the execution is being issued to a sheriff of a different county, the date and time the judgment<br>was docketed in that county. If the execution is for the delivery of the possession of property, the<br>execution must also particularly describe the property to be delivered, identify the party entitled to<br>possession of the property, and if the same judgment orders the judgment debtor to pay any<br>costs, damages, or rents or profits to the party entitled to possession of the property, list the<br>amounts due as of the date of issuance of the execution. Upon receipt of an execution, the<br>sheriff shall:1.Satisfy the judgment with interest and accruing costs, which include sheriff and<br>county costs, out of the personal property of the judgment debtor, and if sufficient<br>personal property cannot be found, out of the real property belonging to the debtor<br>on the date when the judgment was docketed in the county or at any time after that<br>date. If property of the debtor is in the hands of a personal representative, heir,<br>devisee, legatee, tenant of real property, or trustee, the sheriff may satisfy the<br>judgment out of that property; or2.If the execution is for the delivery of the possession of property, deliver the property<br>to the party entitled to the property and satisfy any costs, damages, or rents or<br>profits recovered by the same judgment out of the personal property of the judgment<br>debtor and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, out of the real property of<br>the judgment debtor on the date when the judgment was docketed in the county or<br>at any time after that date. If the property cannot be delivered, the sheriff may<br>satisfy the judgment in the amount of the value of the property out of the real and<br>personal property of the judgment debtor as if an execution had been issued.28-21-07. Time of return. The execution must be returned to the clerk within sixty daysafter the receipt by the officer.If a sheriff's levy has been made within the sixty days, theexecution must be returned within a reasonable time following the completion of the sale of the<br>property or ninety days after receipt by the officer. If a levy has been made and the issue of<br>ownership of the property or interest in the property is raised by any party, or if the issue whetherPage No. 2the property is exempt under chapter 28-22 is raised by either party, the court having jurisdiction<br>may extend, for good cause shown, the execution for a reasonable time to accommodate due<br>notice and hearing to determine these issues and to provide time for the publication of notice of<br>sale and sale of the property subject to execution.28-21-08. Property subject to levy - Manner of levy.1.An interest in property of the judgment debtor not exempt by law is subject to<br>execution. Shares and interests in any corporation or company, debts and credits,<br>and all other property not capable of manual delivery may be taken on execution and<br>sold as provided in this chapter. The levy under an execution must be made as<br>follows:a.On real property, the sheriff shall file a notice of levy with the recorder of the<br>county in which the property is located which has been signed by the sheriff<br>and which states the names of the parties to the action and a description of the<br>property.b.On personal property capable of manual delivery, the sheriff shall take the<br>property into custody. When taking the property, the sheriff shall deliver a copy<br>of the execution and notice of levy to the person from whom the property was<br>taken.c.On money, judgments, drafts, promissory notes, or other papers of like<br>character, by serving a copy of the execution to the person who has custody of<br>the property, except for wage garnishment.d.On other personal property, the sheriff shall leave a copy of the execution and a<br>notice of levy with the person holding the property. If the property consists of a<br>right or share in the stock of a corporation or interest or profits in the<br>corporation, the sheriff shall leave the copy with any officer or managing agent<br>of the corporation. If the property consists of membership interests in a limited<br>liability company or interest or profits in a limited liability company, the sheriff<br>shall leave the copy with any officer or managing agent of the limited liability<br>company.2.The sheriff may elect not to seize property during the time period the debtor has to<br>claim exemptions under chapter 28-22 or in the case of property that by reason of<br>bulk or other cause cannot be removed immediately. Service of the notice of levy<br>under this section and section 28-21-12 is as valid and effectual as if the property<br>had been seized and the possession and control of the property retained by the<br>officer. The lien of the writ of execution is effectual from the time the actual levy is<br>made under this section and section 28-21-12.28-21-09.Pledged or mortgaged property may be levied on.When property ispledged or mortgaged or is subject to a lien, the right and interest of the judgment debtor may be<br>sold without taking possession of or removing the property to the place of sale, but the entire<br>right and interest of the debtor in the property pledged or covered by each lien must be sold as<br>one parcel, and the purchaser acquires all the right and interest of the debtor.28-21-10. Officer's proceedings on execution. When an execution is delivered to anyofficer, the officer shall endorse on the execution the day and hour when the officer received the<br>execution and shall proceed to execute the execution with diligence.If executed, an exactdescription of the property sold with the date of the levy, sale, or other act done by virtue of the<br>execution, including all costs incurred, must be endorsed upon or appended to the execution. If<br>the writ was not executed, the execution must be returned wholly unsatisfied with all costs<br>incurred endorsed upon or appended to the execution. If the writ was executed in part only, the<br>reason along with all costs in the case must be stated in the return.Page No. 328-21-11. Levy and sale. The officer shall execute the writ by levying on the property ofthe judgment debtor, or by selling the same, selling the other property, and paying to the<br>judgment creditor the proceeds, or so much thereof as will satisfy the execution.28-21-12. Notice of levy - Service - Contents. In all cases of levy upon personalproperty, the sheriff or other officer must serve the notice of levy in the same manner as a<br>summons is served in accordance with the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure. Such notice<br>must have written or printed upon its face the further notice to the debtor, that if exemptions are<br>claimed or demanded, such claim must be made within ten days after service of notice.28-21-12.1. Property delivery - Penalty. Any person who has received notice of levy inaccordance with this chapter and fails to surrender and deliver the property levied on under<br>section 28-21-08 upon demand of the sheriff is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and may be<br>guilty of contempt of court.28-21-13. Amount levied - When lien on personalty. The officer shall select as nearlyas practicable property in quantities as will be likely to bring the exact amount required to be<br>raised and may make more than one levy if the officer determines multiple levies necessary. A<br>writ of execution is not a lien on personal property before the actual levy.28-21-13.1. Levy when more than one execution is outstanding. If more than oneexecution against a judgment debtor is outstanding when a levy upon property of a judgment<br>debtor is made, the property must be applied to the execution first received by the sheriff. The<br>balance, if any, of the property must be applied to subsequent executions in order of time as<br>received by the sheriff. However, property of the judgment debtor which was not previously<br>levied upon but which is subject to levy and which is particularly described either in the execution<br>or in a written notice to the sheriff by the judgment creditor or the creditor's agent or attorney<br>must be applied to that execution regardless of time of receipt of the execution by the sheriff.28-21-14. What need not be sold. Money levied on may be appropriated without beingadvertised or sold. The same may be done with judgments, drafts, promissory notes, or other<br>papers of like character, if the judgment creditor will receive them at their par value as cash or if<br>the officer can exchange them for cash at that value, and an assignment thereof by the officer<br>shall have the same effect as if made by the execution debtor.28-21-15.Payment to sheriff by debtor's debtor.After the issuing of executionagainst property, any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount<br>of that person's debt, or so much thereof as is necessary to satisfy the execution, and the<br>sheriff's receipt is a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid.28-21-16. Claim by third person - Sheriff's jury. 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<a href='https://statutes.laws.com/'>Statutes</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota'>North-dakota</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota/t28'>T28</a> > <a href='https://statutes.laws.com/north-dakota/t28/t28c21'>T28c21</a><br><br><a href="https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2009/t28/pdf/t28c21.pdf">Download pdf</a><br><div id="embed_document" style="width:625px; height:815px; text-align:center;">Loading PDF...</div><script type="text/javascript"> var pdf_url = 'https://law.justia.com/codes/north-dakota/2009/t28/pdf/t28c21.pdf'; $(document).ready(function() { var embedwindow = $("#embed_document"); if ($.browser.msie){ embedwindow.html('<embed src="'+pdf_url+'" width="100%" height="100%"></embed>'); } else { embedwindow.html('<iframe style="width:100%; height:100%;" src="https://docs.google.com/gview?url='+window.escape(pdf_url)+'&embedded=true" frameborder="0"></iframe>'); } });</script><br><br><noframes>CHAPTER 28-21EXECUTION OF THE JUDGMENT28-21-01. Execution at any time within ten years. A judgment creditor or the party'sduly appointed personal representatives at any time within ten years after the entry of judgment<br>may proceed to enforce the judgment by execution as provided in this chapter. If the judgment<br>creditor in a mortgage foreclosure does not proceed within sixty days after entry of judgment in<br>the foreclosure to serve a special execution and proceed without delay to a sheriff's sale, any<br>other lienholder or other interested person may obtain the special execution and proceed to<br>arrange for a sheriff's sale.28-21-02.Stay of execution but not of judgment.Superseded by N.D.R.Civ.P.,Rule 62.28-21-03. Two kinds of execution. There are two kinds of execution, one against theproperty of the judgment debtor and another for the delivery of the possession of property and<br>any damages for withholding the property.28-21-03.1. General execution. If the judgment requires the payment of money or thedelivery of property, the judgment may be enforced by execution.28-21-04.Special executions.If the judgment requires the sale of property, thejudgment may be enforced by a special execution directing the sale and application of the<br>proceeds in conformity with the judgment. Real property must be sold in the county in which it is<br>located.28-21-04.1. Self-execution judgments. If the judgment requires the performance ofany act, obedience to that act may be enforced by service of a certified copy of the judgment<br>upon the party against whom it is given, or the person who is required to obey the same. Refusal<br>may be punished by contempt.28-21-04.2. Summary execution on moneys retained pursuant to garnishment. If ajudgment creditor proposes to execute on moneys owed to the judgment debtor by a third party<br>who is retaining the money pursuant to garnishment, the execution must be made between<br>twenty and three hundred sixty days after service of the garnishment summons. The execution<br>may be served by personal service or by certified mail upon the third party by a sheriff or by an<br>attorney licensed to practice law in this state. The execution may be directed to the sheriff of any<br>county. A transcript of the judgment need not be filed in the county of the sheriff to whom the<br>execution is directed.Upon receipt, the third party shall remit the amount due under thegarnishment to the sheriff or the attorney who shall proceed in all other respects like the sheriff<br>making a similar execution.If the judgment debtor files a claim of exemptions undersection 32-09.1-22 within twenty days after service of the garnishment summons, an execution<br>may not be made against moneys claimed as exempt and retained under the garnishment<br>summons until the court determines that the moneys being garnished are not exempt.28-21-05. Execution issued to sheriff of counties where judgment docketed. Anexecution may be issued by the clerk of court in which the judgment was entered to the sheriff of<br>any county where the judgment is docketed. If the execution requires the delivery of real or<br>personal property, the execution may be issued to the sheriff of any county where the property or<br>portion of the property is situated. More than one execution may be issued at the same time to<br>the sheriffs of different counties.28-21-05.1. Levy with certified copy of judgment. A sheriff may levy upon a person'spersonal property upon receipt of a certified copy of judgment docketed in any county requiring<br>payment of money or the delivery of personal property. The judgment creditor may also proceed<br>to enforce the judgment by execution.Page No. 128-21-05.2. Department of human services may issue executions for child supportarrearages.1.Notwithstanding section 28-21-05, if the judgment debtor is listed on the arrears<br>registry as defined in section 14-09-09.10, or if the judgment debtor meets criteria<br>established by the secretary of the United States department of health and human<br>services that apply when a financial institution is doing business in two or more<br>states, the department of human services may issue an execution, against the<br>property of the judgment debtor, to the sheriff of any county in which the property<br>may be found.2.A writ of execution issued by the department of human services must be issued as<br>provided in section 28-21-06, except the past-due support need not be docketed and<br>the writ may be issued in a form prescribed by the department of human services. A<br>writ issued under this section must be accompanied by a copy of the payment<br>records maintained under section 50-09-02.1 which has been certified under section<br>14-08.1-08.3.A writ issued by the department of human services is returnable to the department.28-21-06. Issuance and contents of execution. An execution must be issued in thename of the state of North Dakota, attested in the name of the judge of the court that entered the<br>judgment, sealed with the seal of the court, subscribed by the clerk of that court, and directed<br>and delivered to a sheriff. The execution must describe the judgment, stating the date and time<br>the judgment was filed with the clerk, the courts and counties to which the judgment has been<br>transcribed, the names of the parties, and the last-known address of the judgment debtor. A<br>special execution must state the amount of money due to the judgment creditor, the date and<br>time the judgment was docketed by the clerk, the rate of interest applicable to the judgment, the<br>amount of the costs accrued on the judgment as of the date of issuance of the execution, and if<br>the execution is being issued to a sheriff of a different county, the date and time the judgment<br>was docketed in that county. If the execution is for the delivery of the possession of property, the<br>execution must also particularly describe the property to be delivered, identify the party entitled to<br>possession of the property, and if the same judgment orders the judgment debtor to pay any<br>costs, damages, or rents or profits to the party entitled to possession of the property, list the<br>amounts due as of the date of issuance of the execution. Upon receipt of an execution, the<br>sheriff shall:1.Satisfy the judgment with interest and accruing costs, which include sheriff and<br>county costs, out of the personal property of the judgment debtor, and if sufficient<br>personal property cannot be found, out of the real property belonging to the debtor<br>on the date when the judgment was docketed in the county or at any time after that<br>date. If property of the debtor is in the hands of a personal representative, heir,<br>devisee, legatee, tenant of real property, or trustee, the sheriff may satisfy the<br>judgment out of that property; or2.If the execution is for the delivery of the possession of property, deliver the property<br>to the party entitled to the property and satisfy any costs, damages, or rents or<br>profits recovered by the same judgment out of the personal property of the judgment<br>debtor and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, out of the real property of<br>the judgment debtor on the date when the judgment was docketed in the county or<br>at any time after that date. If the property cannot be delivered, the sheriff may<br>satisfy the judgment in the amount of the value of the property out of the real and<br>personal property of the judgment debtor as if an execution had been issued.28-21-07. Time of return. The execution must be returned to the clerk within sixty daysafter the receipt by the officer.If a sheriff's levy has been made within the sixty days, theexecution must be returned within a reasonable time following the completion of the sale of the<br>property or ninety days after receipt by the officer. If a levy has been made and the issue of<br>ownership of the property or interest in the property is raised by any party, or if the issue whetherPage No. 2the property is exempt under chapter 28-22 is raised by either party, the court having jurisdiction<br>may extend, for good cause shown, the execution for a reasonable time to accommodate due<br>notice and hearing to determine these issues and to provide time for the publication of notice of<br>sale and sale of the property subject to execution.28-21-08. Property subject to levy - Manner of levy.1.An interest in property of the judgment debtor not exempt by law is subject to<br>execution. Shares and interests in any corporation or company, debts and credits,<br>and all other property not capable of manual delivery may be taken on execution and<br>sold as provided in this chapter. The levy under an execution must be made as<br>follows:a.On real property, the sheriff shall file a notice of levy with the recorder of the<br>county in which the property is located which has been signed by the sheriff<br>and which states the names of the parties to the action and a description of the<br>property.b.On personal property capable of manual delivery, the sheriff shall take the<br>property into custody. When taking the property, the sheriff shall deliver a copy<br>of the execution and notice of levy to the person from whom the property was<br>taken.c.On money, judgments, drafts, promissory notes, or other papers of like<br>character, by serving a copy of the execution to the person who has custody of<br>the property, except for wage garnishment.d.On other personal property, the sheriff shall leave a copy of the execution and a<br>notice of levy with the person holding the property. If the property consists of a<br>right or share in the stock of a corporation or interest or profits in the<br>corporation, the sheriff shall leave the copy with any officer or managing agent<br>of the corporation. If the property consists of membership interests in a limited<br>liability company or interest or profits in a limited liability company, the sheriff<br>shall leave the copy with any officer or managing agent of the limited liability<br>company.2.The sheriff may elect not to seize property during the time period the debtor has to<br>claim exemptions under chapter 28-22 or in the case of property that by reason of<br>bulk or other cause cannot be removed immediately. Service of the notice of levy<br>under this section and section 28-21-12 is as valid and effectual as if the property<br>had been seized and the possession and control of the property retained by the<br>officer. The lien of the writ of execution is effectual from the time the actual levy is<br>made under this section and section 28-21-12.28-21-09.Pledged or mortgaged property may be levied on.When property ispledged or mortgaged or is subject to a lien, the right and interest of the judgment debtor may be<br>sold without taking possession of or removing the property to the place of sale, but the entire<br>right and interest of the debtor in the property pledged or covered by each lien must be sold as<br>one parcel, and the purchaser acquires all the right and interest of the debtor.28-21-10. Officer's proceedings on execution. When an execution is delivered to anyofficer, the officer shall endorse on the execution the day and hour when the officer received the<br>execution and shall proceed to execute the execution with diligence.If executed, an exactdescription of the property sold with the date of the levy, sale, or other act done by virtue of the<br>execution, including all costs incurred, must be endorsed upon or appended to the execution. If<br>the writ was not executed, the execution must be returned wholly unsatisfied with all costs<br>incurred endorsed upon or appended to the execution. If the writ was executed in part only, the<br>reason along with all costs in the case must be stated in the return.Page No. 328-21-11. Levy and sale. The officer shall execute the writ by levying on the property ofthe judgment debtor, or by selling the same, selling the other property, and paying to the<br>judgment creditor the proceeds, or so much thereof as will satisfy the execution.28-21-12. Notice of levy - Service - Contents. In all cases of levy upon personalproperty, the sheriff or other officer must serve the notice of levy in the same manner as a<br>summons is served in accordance with the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure. Such notice<br>must have written or printed upon its face the further notice to the debtor, that if exemptions are<br>claimed or demanded, such claim must be made within ten days after service of notice.28-21-12.1. Property delivery - Penalty. Any person who has received notice of levy inaccordance with this chapter and fails to surrender and deliver the property levied on under<br>section 28-21-08 upon demand of the sheriff is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and may be<br>guilty of contempt of court.28-21-13. Amount levied - When lien on personalty. The officer shall select as nearlyas practicable property in quantities as will be likely to bring the exact amount required to be<br>raised and may make more than one levy if the officer determines multiple levies necessary. A<br>writ of execution is not a lien on personal property before the actual levy.28-21-13.1. Levy when more than one execution is outstanding. If more than oneexecution against a judgment debtor is outstanding when a levy upon property of a judgment<br>debtor is made, the property must be applied to the execution first received by the sheriff. The<br>balance, if any, of the property must be applied to subsequent executions in order of time as<br>received by the sheriff. However, property of the judgment debtor which was not previously<br>levied upon but which is subject to levy and which is particularly described either in the execution<br>or in a written notice to the sheriff by the judgment creditor or the creditor's agent or attorney<br>must be applied to that execution regardless of time of receipt of the execution by the sheriff.28-21-14. What need not be sold. Money levied on may be appropriated without beingadvertised or sold. The same may be done with judgments, drafts, promissory notes, or other<br>papers of like character, if the judgment creditor will receive them at their par value as cash or if<br>the officer can exchange them for cash at that value, and an assignment thereof by the officer<br>shall have the same effect as if made by the execution debtor.28-21-15.Payment to sheriff by debtor's debtor.After the issuing of executionagainst property, any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount<br>of that person's debt, or so much thereof as is necessary to satisfy the execution, and the<br>sheriff's receipt is a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid.28-21-16. Claim by third person - Sheriff's jury. Repealed by S.L. 1985, ch. 347, <!-- END .shortcode-content -->
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