{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "cplr", "section": "1020", "citation": "CPLR § 1020", "heading": "Substitution of indemnitors for executing or attaching officer", "text": ["§ 1020. Substitution of indemnitors for executing or attaching officer.  Where an action is brought against an officer to recover a chattel levied upon by virtue of an execution or order of attachment, or to recover damages for the detention or sale of such a chattel, and an undertaking indemnifying the officer against such acts has been given, the court may order that the indemnitor be substituted for the officer."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/1020", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Where an officer is sued over a **chattel levied** under an execution/attachment and an **indemnifying undertaking** was given, the court may substitute the **indemnitor** for the officer.", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/cplr/1020", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}