Section 640.1. When authorized.

  In an action to enforce a security interest in or a lien upon personal property, or for the recovery, sale, or partition of such property, or by a plaintiff having a future estate or interest therein for the security of the plaintiff’s rights, where it satisfactorily appears by the petition, verified on oath, or by affidavits or the proofs in the cause, that the plaintiff has a just claim, and that the property has been or is about to be sold, concealed, or removed from the state, or where plaintiff states on oath that the plaintiff has reasonable cause to believe, and does believe, that unless prevented by the court the property will be sold, concealed, or removed, an attachment may be granted against the property.

[R60, §3225; C73, §3000; C97, §3913; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12147; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §640.1]