Ind. Code § 34-55-5-1
Return of property to execution defendant
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 34 — Civil Law and Procedure · Status: effective
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- Ind. Code § 34-55-5-1, Return of property to execution defendant, Indiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-28, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1679040
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Sec. 1.
(a) Any personal property taken in execution may be returned to the execution defendant by the sheriff, upon the delivery by the defendant to the sheriff of a written undertaking described in subsection (b).
(b) The written undertaking must be:
(1) payable to the execution plaintiff, with sufficient surety to be approved by the sheriff; and
(2) to the effect that the property shall be delivered to the sheriff at a time and place named in the undertaking, to be sold:
(A) according to law; or
(B) for the payment to the sheriff of the fair value of the property.