8. Property exempted from seizure
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A writ of distress cannot seize things in actual use, or idle tools if other movable property there covers the amount and costs. Nor can it seize necessary clothing and bedding for the tenant and family, goods held for handling in the tenant's ordinary trade, guests' goods at an inn, or goods in the custody of the law.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
Property seizable under a writ of distress shall not include —
things in actual use in the hands of a person at the time of the seizure;
tools and implements not in use where there is other movable property in or upon the house or premises sufficient to cover such amount and costs;
the tenant’s necessary wearing apparel and necessary bedding for himself and his family;
tenant
“tenant” means any person from whom a landlord claims rent to be due under any such lease or agreement.
goods in the possession of the tenant for the purpose of being carried, wrought, worked up, or otherwise dealt with in the course of his ordinary trade or business;
goods belonging to guests at an inn; and
goods in the custody of the law.