§ 1-318. Forthcoming bond for personal property. - North Carolina Statutes

§1‑318.  Forthcoming bond for personal property.

If a sheriff or other officerwho has levied an execution or other process upon personal property permits itto remain with the  possessor, the officer may take a bond, attested by acredible witness, for the forthcoming thereof to answer the execution orprocess; but the officer remains, nevertheless, in all respects liable asheretofore to the plaintiff's claim. (1807, c. 731, s. 3, P.R.;1828, c. 12, s. 2; R.C., c. 45, s. 21; Code, s. 463; Rev., s. 633; C.S., s.680.)