== Summary of the law==

Chattels is a legal term that generally refers to a person’s moveable possessions. The term “chattels” generally does not include possessions that cannot be moved (like “real property”; that is, houses or land). This section deals with the rights of an unsecured judgment creditor to have a debtor’s chattels seized to satisfy a judgment debt. Secured creditors (creditors with a security interest in some or all of a debtor’s chattels) have very different legal rights (see the section on [[Types of Lenders and Creditors]]).