Whenever (a) any officer of this State shall have taken possession of any personal property under process of attachment and the defendant or other intervening party claiming the property fails to replevy such property within sixty days after such property has been attached or seized by such officer, (b) such property remains in the hands of such officer and (c) either such property is of a perishable nature, liable to deteriorate in value, or the keeping of it is attended with considerable expense as compared to the value of the property, such property may be sold by such officer under the direction of the court after giving not less than ten days' advertisement of the manner, time and place of sale in three public places in the county, one of which shall be on the courthouse door. The court in its discretion may cause such additional notice or manner of advertisement as in its judgment the circumstances demand. The proceeds of any such sale after the payment of the legal expenses shall be turned over to the clerk of court to await the judgment of court.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-928; 1952 Code Section 10-928; 1942 Code Section 534; 1932 Code Section 534; Civ. P. '22 Section 507; Civ. P. '12 Section 286; Civ. P. '02 Section 255; 1870 (14) 476 Section 257; 1883 (18) 491; 1933 (38) 63, 445.
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