§ 5/12-173 Certificate of corporate officer

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§ 12-173. Certificate of corporate officer.

    The officer of the company who keeps a record or account of the shares or interest of the stockholders therein, shall, upon the exhibiting to him or her of the certified copy of the judgment, be bound to give a certificate of the number of shares or amount of the interest held by the judgment debtor. If he or she refuses to do so, or willfully gives a false certificate thereof, he or she shall be liable for double the amount of all damages occasioned by such refusal or false certificate, to be recovered in a civil action, unless the judgment is satisfied by the judgment debtor.