The clerks of all courts of law or equity, after the adjournment of the court for the term shall, at the request and cost of the owner of the judgment or decree or his attorney, issue executions on all judgments and decrees rendered therein, and place the same in the hands of the sheriff of the county. The sheriff shall effectuate any execution on a judgment. If requested by such owner, they shall issue executions directed to the sheriff of any other county, and shall deliver the same to the owner or his attorney.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 59, art. 9 (4); 1857, ch. 61, art. 265; 1871, § 837; 1880, § 1742; 1892, § 3459; 1906, § 3958; Hemingway's 1917, § 2965; 1930, § 3011; 1942, § 1899; Laws, 1976, ch. 331; Laws, 1990, ch. 408, § 1, eff. 7/1/1990.
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