Title 10, Title 10

If the vessel at the time is on the stocks, the attachment must be made by filing in the office of the clerk of the town in which the vessel is located, within 48 hours after the order of attachment, a copy of so much of the officer's return on the writ of attachment as relates t…

The summons and complaint shall be served as in other actions on persons named as personally liable for the plaintiff's claim. A copy of the summons and complaint and writ of attachment shall also be posted in some conspicuous place on the vessel attached and mailed to all owners…

On all writs of attachment made after the first attachment and while any lien attachment is pending, the attachment and services must be made by the same officer, or, if that officer is disqualified, by any qualified officer, by the officer giving notice thereof to the first atta…

The actions must be entered on the docket as follows: the person claiming the lien, as plaintiff, the person alleged to be personally liable, as defendant, and the name or other description of the vessel attached. The owners or mortgagees of the vessel, or any plaintiff in an act…

The defendant may offer to be defaulted as in other cases. The owners of the vessel may admit, in writing filed with the clerk, that a certain sum is due the plaintiff as a lien on the vessel. If the plaintiff does not recover a greater sum as lien, the plaintiff recovers no cost…

The court, except as provided in section 3859, may decide all questions of costs and apportion them as they think proper.

At the request of either party, the following questions of fact shall be submitted to a jury: "What amount claimed in the complaint is due from the defendant to the plaintiff?" and "For how much of such amount has the plaintiff a lien on the vessel attached?" The verdict shall be…

Upon ascertaining the amount, judgment must be rendered in the plaintiff's favor against the defendant as in other personal actions, for the amount found not to be a lien on the vessel, with such costs as the court awards. A separate judgment must be rendered in the plaintiff's f…

When judgment is recovered in any action on which a vessel was attached, the court may issue an order to the attaching officer to sell it at auction, and to pay the proceeds thereof into court after deducting the expenses of sale and for taking care of the vessel while under atta…

If such proceeds are more than all the judgments recovered against such vessel and the amounts claimed in the undecided actions, the court may order the judgments, as fast as they are recovered against said vessel, to be paid from said fund until all such actions are terminated a…

If such proceeds are not enough to pay in full the judgments recovered and the claims still undecided, the court may order the money to remain until all the actions are terminated, and then divide pro rata; or it may direct a sufficient amount to be retained to pay on the undecid…

If the vessel has been already attached by a sheriff or the sheriff's deputy when a writ of attachment is issued for a lien claim, the writ of attachment must be served by the officer. If attached by a constable, the constable shall give up to the officer having the lien writ of …

A vessel attached for a lien claim may be attached by the same officer in the ordinary manner in an action against the owners thereof, and such attachment shall be valid, subject to the legal priorities of the lien attachments.

When a vessel attached for liens and also in the ordinary manner is sold by order of the court and the proceeds are more than sufficient to satisfy the lien judgments, the surplus shall be paid to the officer to be held upon the writs of attachment not founded on the lien claims.

The court, like a court in admiralty, may make all orders necessary for carrying out this chapter according to their true intent and meaning.