A tenant in common of personal property, not exceeding in value the amount provided in Section 9-11-9, may apply for a partition of it by petition in writing to the county court of the county in which the property or some part of it may be, or, in counties not having a county court, to the justice court of the county in which the property or some part of it may be. Thereupon, all the cotenants shall be summoned and the rights of parties ascertained, and an order made for a division of the property. If the property be incapable of division in kind according to the several interests, or if a sale and division of the proceeds will better promote the interests of parties, the county court or justice court, as the case may be, shall order a sale and a division of its proceeds, and may designate a person to make the sale, and may issue execution specially framed to that end, and make all orders necessary or proper to protect the rights of parties and to effect a sale and division of the proceeds.Codes, 1880, § 2580; 1892, § 3121; 1906, § 3544; Hemingway's 1917, § 2856; 1930, § 2943; 1942, § 984; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 31; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 28, made eff. sale and division of the proceeds.Codes, 1880, § 2580; 1892, § 3121; 1906, § 3544; Hemingway's 1917, § 2856; 1930, § 2943; 1942, § 984; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 31; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 28, made eff. 1/1/1984, or, with respect to a given county, from and after such earlier date as the county appoints a justice court clerk pursuant to § 9-11-27.
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