Return of property - Damages on dismissal - Entry in recorder's office
N.D. Cent. Code § 32-08.1-20
in effect32-08.1-20. Return of property - Damages on dismissal - Entry in recorder's office
When the defendant recovers judgment, all the money or property held by any writ of
attachment shall be delivered to the defendant, subject to the plaintiff's rights on appeal, and the
defendant may maintain an action on the plaintiff's bond for the assessed damages sustained
by reason of the writ of attachment. Upon the entry of final judgment in favor of the defendant or
on satisfaction of a plaintiff's judgment, the clerk of court shall, if real estate was attached, certify
the fact of such judgment or satisfaction, and on filing such certificate with the recorder in any
county in which attached lands are situated, such recorder shall enter such certificate upon the
records of the recorder's office in discharge of such attachments.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t32c08-1.pdf#nameddest=32-08p1-20Fetched: 10/16/2026