2025 Session
Last amended: 1983 session
§ 550.17 — Levy on Growing Crops
Plain-Language Summary
If the execution sale brings in more money than the judgment amount plus costs, the extra money (surplus) must be returned to the judgment debtor.
550.17 LEVY ON GROWING CROPS.
A levy may be made upon any unharvested crops, but no sale shall be made until they are ripe or fit to be harvested. Any levy under an execution issued by a court shall be continued beyond its return day if necessary and its execution may be completed at any time within 30 days after the crops are ripe or fit to be harvested.
History:
(9432) RL s 4303; 1983 c 359 s 78
History: History: (9432) RL s 4303; 1983 c 359 s 78
Practical Notes
If your property is sold at a sheriff’s sale for more than what you owe, you get the extra money back. The creditor only gets what is owed plus the costs of collection.