Earlier we told you that the law allows you to sell the property of the ‘loser’ in a court case to pay off the money the court has ordered them to pay to you. This process is known as attachment.
For this process to happen, you must follow a number of steps.
1. After winning the case, you have to apply to court to allow you to attach the property of the ‘loser’ to recover your money.
2. The court listens to your application and may then grant you an order (called an attachment warrant) to attach that property you mentioned. This order cannot be enforced by you, but by officers of the court called court bailiff.
3. Once the court bailiff receives this order, they can sell the property on behalf of the court in a process known as a public auction. You, the person demanding may be prohibited from buying that property in the interest of justice.
4. Once the property is sold, you (the winner), will receive the money that you demand, the bailiff will remove their own for the service and the loser will get balance if there is any.
Remember that all property that is owned by the person can be sold such as land, cars, houses, animals and agricultural produce such as crops and harvest if they are valued in excess of 500,000 Uganda Shillings. The things that can be taken include land, houses, money, and other valuable items. However, some things, like clothes, cooking stuff, and tools needed for work like hoes,etc are protected from this legal process.
Also, if someone has a job, only part of their salary can be taken, depending on how much they earn. Some other special things, like pensions and certain allowances, can't be taken at all.
Source: BarefootLawyers
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