Annulment of attachment · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 6224. Annulment of attachment. An order of attachment is annulled when the action in which it was granted abates or is discontinued, or a judgment entered therein in favor of the plaintiff is fully satified, or a judgment is entered therein in favor of the defendant. In the last specified case a stay of proceedings suspends the effect of the annulment, and a reversal or vacating of the judgment revives the order of attachment.
An attachment order is annulled when the case ends by abatement or discontinuance, the plaintiff’s judgment is fully satisfied, or judgment is entered for the defendant. ★ After judgment for the defendant, a stay suspends annulment, and reversal or vacatur of that judgment revives the attachment order.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Clerk in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Clerk: Civil Practice Law and Rules; Volume 1 — Your Career: Civil Practice in Plain English.