Undertaking discharging attachment
Sec. 7. (a) If the defendant master, owner, or consignee, before
final judgment, gives a written undertaking payable to the plaintiff,
with surety to be approved by the clerk or sheriff, to the effect that
the defendant will perform the judgment of the court, the attachment
shall be discharged and restitution made of the boat, vessel, or other
watercraft.
(b) A person who executes a written undertaking under subsection
(a) shall, by order of the court, be made a defendant in the action
instead of the boat, vessel, or other watercraft, and the action shall
proceed to final judgment as in ordinary actions in personam. If a
recovery is had by any of the plaintiffs, judgment shall be rendered
against all defendants for the sum recovered.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.
Last modified: May 24, 2006