(a) The plaintiff in any permitted action upon a contract, express or implied, may, at the commencement of the action, or at any time afterward, and before judgment, have such property of the defendant or of any one or more of several defendants as is not exempt from execution, attached as security for the satisfaction of such judgment as he may recover.
(b) No writ of attachment may be issued against the government or any instrumentality thereof, the Development Bank of American Samoa, or the United States.
(c) The clerk of the High Court may issue writs of attachment.
(d) The writ of attachment shall be issued by the clerk with the approval of the court and directed to the marshal, and shall require him to attach and safely keep so much of the property of the defendant as will be sufficient to satisfy the demand of the plaintiff, with costs and expenses.
History: 1962, PL 7-36; 1969, PL 11-54.