The creditor shall carry out the attachment by means of an instrument issued by a bailiff or
process server, served on the third parties in accordance with the provisions of Article s 54 and
55 above.
The instrument, shall under pain of nullity, contain;
1) the full names and residence of the distrainee and the distrainor, or, in the case of corporate
persons their legal forms, corporate names and registered offices;
2) a choice of an address for service within the jurisdiction where the attachment is carried out,
if the creditor is not resident therein ; any service or offer may be made at the chosen address;
3) a reference to the decision of the competent court or the enforceable instrument on the basis
of which the attachment was carried out;
4) a detailed account of the amount of the sums for which the attachment is carried out;
5) a prohibition to any third party from disposing the sums claimed up to the amount owed the
debtor;
6) a reproduction of the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 36 above as well as those
of Article 156 below.
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Section 77 of the Acte uniforme portant organisation des procédures simplifiées de recouvrement et des voies d'exécution/akn/ohada/act/loi/undated/aupsrve-1998