Method of obtaining such examination.
Section 475
SEC. 475. Method of obtaining such examination. — After the issuing of execution against property and upon proof, by affidavit of a party or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the judge, that any judgment debtor has property which he unjustly refuses to apply toward the satisfaction of the judgment, such judge may, by an order, require the judgment debtor to appear at a specified time and place, before such judge, or a referee appointed by him, to answer concerning the same; and such proceedings may thereupon be had for the application of the property of the judgment debtor toward the satisfaction of the judgment as are hereinafter prescribed. Instead of the order requiring the attendance of the judgment debtor, the judge may, upon affidavit of the judgment creditor, his agent or lawyer, if it appears to him that there is danger of the debtor absconding, order the officer to arrest the debtor, and bring him before such judge. Upon being brought before the judge, he may be ordered to enter into an undertaking, with sufficient surety, that he will attend from time to time before the judge or referee, as may be directed, during the pendency of the proceedings, and until final termination thereof, and will not in the meantime dispose of any portion of his property not exempt from execution. In default of entering into such undertaking, he may be committed to prison as for contempt.