Return of execution.
Section 445
SEC. 445. Return of execution. — The execution may be made returnable, at any time, not less than ten nor more than sixty days after its receipt, by the governor, or his deputy, to the clerk of the court rendering the judgment. The officer serving it must set forth in writing on its back, the whole of his proceedings by virtue thereof, and when it is returned the clerk must file it and preserve it with the other papers in the action. If real estate be levied upon and sold by virtue of the execution, the clerk must record the execution, and the officer's return thereon, at large, and certify the same under his hand as true copies, in a book to be called the "Execution Book," which book must be indexed with the names of the plaintiffs and the defendants to the execution, alphabetically arranged, and kept open at all times during office hours, for inspection of the public without charge. It shall be evidence of the contents of the originals whenever they, or any part thereof, may be destroyed or mutilated.