TITLE LIV
EXECUTIONS, LEVIES, BAIL, AND THE RELIEF OF POOR DEBTORS

CHAPTER 528
LEVY OF EXECUTIONS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY

Levy on Corporate Shares

Section 528:20

    528:20 Information as to Shares; Liability. – The officer of every corporation having the care of the records or accounts of the shares or interests of the corporators therein shall, on request and on the exhibition of a writ of attachment or execution against any person interested in the corporation, give to the officer having the writ a certificate of the number of his shares or amount of his interest therein, with the numbers of the shares or other description by which they are distinguished. If he shall neglect or refuse to give such certificate, or shall wilfully give a false certificate, he shall be liable to pay to the creditor the whole amount of his demand against the debtor, to be recovered by an action of debt.

Source. RS 194:20. CS 207:20. GS 217:19. GL 236:19. PS 232:19. PL 344:20. RL 400:20.