§ 16-19-909 - Failure to satisfy judgment -- Levy against principal and security -- Judgment for bail. - Arkansas Statutes

16-19-909. Failure to satisfy judgment -- Levy against principal and security -- Judgment for bail.

(a) If at the expiration of the stay, any judgment is not paid, the execution shall be issued against both principal and security.

(b) (1) If the principal does not satisfy the execution, and the officer cannot find sufficient property belonging to him upon which to levy, he shall levy upon the property of the bail, and in his return shall state what amount of the money collected by him on the execution was collected from the bail and the time the money was received.

(2) (A) After the return of the execution, the bail shall be entitled, upon motion, to a judgment before the justice of the peace for the amount collected from him in satisfaction of the execution, with interest thereon at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum. The return of the officer shall be evidence of the amount of money paid by the bail.

(B) No such motion shall be made after the expiration of four (4) months from the return day of the execution.