The officer making the levy must, except as otherwise provided in Sections 6-6-165 and 6-6-166, return the writ, affidavit and bond to court to which it is returnable, when an issue must be made up between the plaintiff in the writ and the claimant, in which the former must allege that the property claimed is the property of the defendant in the writ and is liable to its satisfaction. On the trial of such issue, the burden of proof is on the plaintiff.
Ala. Code § 6-6-161 (1975)