810.11.Claims of 3rd parties; indemnity to officer.

Replevin does not only involve a plaintiff and a defendant. Sometimes a third person claims that the seized property belongs to them. Section 810.11 gives that third person a path into the case: they may apply, under the same procedure sections 810.02 and 810.03 set out for the original replevin order and requisition, for an order directing that the property be delivered to them instead.

The section then protects whoever currently has possession of the property — which could be the sheriff, the plaintiff, or the defendant, depending on where the case stands. That person is not stuck handing the property to anyone who claims it. They may move the court to vacate or modify the order favoring the third-party claimant, or they may post a bond in the same manner the chapter provides for a defendant, keeping the property while the ownership dispute plays out.

This gives the section its title: it addresses both the third party’s claim and the indemnity concern for the officer caught in the middle, who might otherwise face liability for delivering property to the wrong person.