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