Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-756
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Redelivery to defendant, when - Undertaking
Official statutory text
In all cases where a sheriff or other officer shall, by virtue
of an execution, levy upon any goods and chattels which shall remain
upon his hands unsold, for want of bidders, for the want of time to
advertise and sell, or any other reasonable cause, the officer may,
for his own security, take of the defendant an undertaking, with
security, in such sum as he may deem sufficient, to the effect that
the said property shall be delivered to the officer holding an
execution for the sale of the same, at the time and place appointed
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 148
by said officer, either by notice, given in writing, to said
defendant in execution, or by advertisement published in a newspaper
printed in the county, naming therein the day and place of sale. If
the defendant shall fail to deliver the goods and chattels at the
time and place mentioned in the notice to him, given, or to pay to
the officer holding the execution the full value of said goods and
chattels, or the amount of said debt and costs, the undertaking,
given as aforesaid, may be proceeded on as in other cases.
R.L. 1910, § 5158.
of an execution, levy upon any goods and chattels which shall remain
upon his hands unsold, for want of bidders, for the want of time to
advertise and sell, or any other reasonable cause, the officer may,
for his own security, take of the defendant an undertaking, with
security, in such sum as he may deem sufficient, to the effect that
the said property shall be delivered to the officer holding an
execution for the sale of the same, at the time and place appointed
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12. Civil Procedure Page 148
by said officer, either by notice, given in writing, to said
defendant in execution, or by advertisement published in a newspaper
printed in the county, naming therein the day and place of sale. If
the defendant shall fail to deliver the goods and chattels at the
time and place mentioned in the notice to him, given, or to pay to
the officer holding the execution the full value of said goods and
chattels, or the amount of said debt and costs, the undertaking,
given as aforesaid, may be proceeded on as in other cases.
R.L. 1910, § 5158.
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