Connecticut § 52-283 - Certain attachments effective without removal of property.

§ 52-283. Certain attachments effective without removal of property.

Sec. 52-283. Certain attachments effective without removal of property. Attachments of machinery, engines or implements, situated and used in any manufacturing or mechanical establishment, or of hay or unthreshed grain deposited in any building, or of any crop deposited in any building, or of brick in kilns, or of wood, sawed lumber, railroad ties or logs when gathered together in piles, which cannot, in the opinion of the officer levying upon the same, be moved without manifest injury, shall be effectual to hold the same without any removal thereof; provided the service of such attachment shall be completed and a copy of the process and of the accompanying complaint, with the officer's return endorsed thereon, particularly describing the property attached, shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of the town in which such property is situated and the office of the Secretary of the State, on a form provided by said Secretary of the State, within forty-eight hours after such attachment has been made; and when the levy has been upon any such hay, unthreshed grain, crops or brick, the officer shall also post a notice of his attachment on the outer door, or other conspicuous place, of the building in which such property is situated. Fees for the filing of such notice and procedures for such filing shall be established by the Secretary of the State.

(1949 Rev., S. 8028; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 68; 1971, P.A. 257, S. 1; P.A. 82-472, S. 164, 183.)

History: 1971 act required that copy of process be filed in office of secretary of the state, changed filing deadline from 24 to 48 hours after attachment made and added provision authorizing secretary of the state to establish fees and procedures for filing; P.A. 82-472 made a technical change.

See Sec. 53-130 re concealment or distribution of attached property.

Cited. 14 C. 226; 40 C. 222. Officer's return need not state why machinery was not moved. 62 C. 556. Equipment of stone-quarry; description of machinery; return need not state inability to move; posting notice where no door. 92 C. 11. What steps essential to make valid attachment of machinery. 99 C. 372. In attaching a cage of lions, officer must take them into his possession or place a keeper in charge; statute is not applicable. Id., 591. When personal property need not be removed by officer. 107 C. 302.

Cited. 3 CS 413; 4 CS 492; 11 CS 262. Exception to requirement that attached property be held in custody, discussed. 16 CS 95. Cited. 42 CS 206.