Part 2

Attachment

Attachment of articles kept outwith dwellinghouses etc.

Redemption
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1
Subject to any order made under section 20(1)(b) below, the debtor is entitled, within 14 days of the date on which an article is attached, to redeem that article.
2
The amount for which such an article may be redeemed is the value fixed under subsection (2) or (3) of section 15 above.
3
The officer shall, on receiving payment from the debtor for the redemption of an attached article, grant a receipt in the form prescribed by Act of Sederunt to the debtor.
4
The attachment of the article is, on the grant of such a receipt, to cease to have effect.
5
Where an article is redeemed after the officer has made a report under section 17(1) above in respect of the attachment, the officer shall report the redemption as soon as is reasonably practicable to the sheriff.