New York Civil Practice Law & Rules Article 71 - RECOVERY OF CHATTEL

• 7101 - When Action May Be Brought.
  An action under this article may be brought to try the right to possession of a chattel.
• 7102 - Seizure of Chattel on Behalf of Plaintiff.
  (a) Seizure of chattel. When the plaintiff delivers to a sheriff an order of seizure, the papers on which the order was granted, the undertaking...
• 7103 - Reclaiming, Impounding or Returning Chattel.
  (a) Reclaiming chattel. A chattel may be reclaimed by any person claiming the right to its possession, except a defendant claiming only a lien thereon...
• 7104 - Seizing, Reclaiming or Returning Less Than All Chattels.
  Where the seizure of two or more chattels is required by the order of seizure, the sheriff shall seize those chattels which can be found....
• 7105 - Sale of Perishable Property.
  Upon motion with such notice as the court may require, the court may order the sheriff to sell perishable property which has been seized. The...
• 7106 - Payment of Sheriff's Fees and Expenses; Liability of Sheriff.
  (a) Payment of sheriff's fees and expenses. The sheriff shall not deliver a chattel to the person entitled to possession unless such person shall, upon...
• 7107 - Sheriff's Return.
  The sheriff shall file with the clerk a return within twenty days after he has delivered a chattel; it shall include all papers delivered to...
• 7108 - Judgment; Execution in Certain Cases; Enforcement by Contempt.
  (a) Generally. Damages for wrongful taking or detention or for injury to or depreciation of a chattel may be awarded to a party. If an...
• 7109 - Unique Chattel.
  (a) Injunction, temporary restraining order. Where the chattel is unique, the court may grant a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order that the chattel shall...
• 7110 - Sheriff's Powers.
  If the order of seizure so provides, the sheriff, in accordance with the order of seizure, may break open, enter and search for the chattel...
• 7111 - Action on Undertaking.
  An action on an undertaking cannot be maintained after final judgment until the return, wholly or partly unsatisfied, of an execution on the judgment for...
• 7112 - Testimony by Deposition to Ascertain Location of Chattel.
  A party to an action to recover a chattel may move, upon such notice as the court may direct, upon a showing that he lacks...

Last modified: February 3, 2019