Legislation
SECTION 6203
Attaching creditor's rights in personal property
Civil Practice Law & Rules (CVP) CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 62
§ 6203. Attaching creditor's rights in personal property. Where a
plaintiff has delivered an order of attachment to a sheriff, the
plaintiff's rights in a debt owed to the defendant or in an interest of
the defendant in personal property against which debt or property a
judgment may be enforced, are superior to the extent of the amount of
the attachment to the rights of any transferee of the debt or property,
except:
1. a transferee who acquired the debt or property before it was levied
upon for fair consideration or without knowledge of the order of
attachment; or
2. a transferee who acquired the debt or property for fair
consideration after it was levied upon without knowledge of the levy
while it was not in the possession of the sheriff.
plaintiff has delivered an order of attachment to a sheriff, the
plaintiff's rights in a debt owed to the defendant or in an interest of
the defendant in personal property against which debt or property a
judgment may be enforced, are superior to the extent of the amount of
the attachment to the rights of any transferee of the debt or property,
except:
1. a transferee who acquired the debt or property before it was levied
upon for fair consideration or without knowledge of the order of
attachment; or
2. a transferee who acquired the debt or property for fair
consideration after it was levied upon without knowledge of the levy
while it was not in the possession of the sheriff.