If property, in pursuance of the terms of a conditional sales contract, has passed into the possession of the vendee and the purchase money or part thereof remains unpaid, a creditor of the vendee may attach or levy his or her execution upon the property, and, upon payment or tender of such unpaid purchase money to the vendor, his or her agent or attorney, within 10 days after notice of the amount thereof remaining unpaid, may hold the property discharged from the claim of such vendor.