27-18-502. Person holding property to give sheriff certificate of defendant's interest. Upon the application of a sheriff holding a writ of attachment, the president or other head of an association or corporation or the secretary, cashier, or managing agent thereof or a debtor of the defendant or a person holding property, including a bond, promissory note, or other instrument for the payment of money, belonging to the defendant must furnish to the sheriff a certificate, under his hand, specifying his right to a number of shares of the defendant in the stock of the association or corporation, with all dividends declared or encumbrances thereon, or the amount, nature, and description of the property held for the benefit of the defendant or of the defendant's interest in property so held or of the debt or demand owing to the defendant, as the case requires.

     History: En. Sec. 896, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6663, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9263, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9263, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4310.