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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963

[77 STAT.

§ 16-532. Other remedies of judgrment creditor Nothing herein contained deprives a judgment creditdl? of the right to file a civil action to enforce his judgment against an equitable interest in real or personal estate of the judgment defendant, or to have a conveyance of the real or personal estate by the defendant, made with intent to hinder, delaj^, and defraud his creditors, set aside. § 16-533. Attachment proceedings in Court of General Sessions The provisions of this Code relating to attachments apply to attach' ment proceedings in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions. Subchapter II—Attachment and Garnishment After Judgment in Aid of Execution § 16-541. Definition and applicability As used in this subchapter, "judgment" includes an unconditional decree for the payment of money, and this subchapter is applicable to such a decree. § 16-542. Issuance of attachment after judgment; costs An attachment may be issued upon a judgment either before or after or at the same time with a fieri facias. If costs are unnecessarily nmltiplied thereby they shall be charged to the party causing the attachment to be issued. § 16-543. Revival of judgment unnecessary Attachment may be issued at any time during the life of the judgment, without issuing an order reviving the judgment previously thereto. § 16-544. Property subject to attachment An attachment may be levied upon the judgment debtor's goods, chattels, and credits. § 16-545. Multiple attachments against same judgment debtor Only one attachment upon goods, chattels, and credits of a judgment debtor may be satisfied at one time. Where more than one such attachment issued against the same judgment debtor is served on a garnishee the attachments shall be satisfied in the order in which they were served upon the garnishee. This section does not apply with respect to an attachment upon wages to which subchapter III of this chapter applies. § 16-546. Attachments of credits An attachment shall be levied upon credits of the defendant, in the hands of a garnishee, by serving the garnishee with a copy of the writ of attachment and of the interrogatories accompanying the writ, and a notice that any property or credits of the defendant in his hands are seized by virtue of the attachment. § 16-547. Retention of property or credits by garnishee Where the property or credits attached or sought to be attached are held by the garnishee in the name of or for the account of a person other than the defendant, the ^mishee shall retain the property or credits during the period pending determination by the court of the propriety of the attachment or the rightful owner of the property or credits. During that period the garnishee shall incur no liability whatsoever for the retention.

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