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2004 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

GARNISHMENT

See also CREDITORS; DEBTORS; DEFAULT; FORECLOSURE; REPOSSESSION

Agricultural property, mandatory mediation proceedings, notice, Minn. Statutes 2004 583.26

Appeals, generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.88

Attorneys' summary executions, see under EXECUTIONS (CREDITORS REMEDIES)

Authorization

Earnings, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.92 to 571.927

Financial institutions, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.911 to 571.915

General provisions, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.71 to 571.90

Bad faith claims, damages, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Banks, vacating, possession by Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2004 49.04

Child support judgments

County as creditor, garnishment effective until judgment satisfied, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.73, 571.922

Forms, creditor's duty to change, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Medical assistance, personal needs allowance, increase, Minn. Statutes 2004 256B.35

Time garnishment effective, creditors other than county, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.923

Claims, defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.712

Collection agencies, violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 332.37

Compensation and salaries

Earnings, see same under this topic

Effect of garnishment, assignment, sale, or transfer, Minn. Statutes 2004 181.041

Property subject to garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.73

Public employees, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.77, 571.771

Withholding (taxes), priority, Minn. Statutes 2004 290.92

Contempts, garnishees, failure to comply with court order, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.84

Credit unions, vacating

Possession by Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2004 49.04

Creditor process, garnishment defined as, Minn. Statutes 2004 336.4A-502

Creditors

Bad faith actions, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72, 571.90

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.712

Liens, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.81

Payment of garnishee's fees, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.76

Penalty for garnishment summons served before final judgment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.90

Priorities of liens, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.81

Service of responsive pleadings on creditor's attorney, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Supplemental complaint impleading garnishee, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.75

Debt prorating companies, violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 332.24, 332.26

Debtors

Actions against garnishees, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.86

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.712

Exemption claims, failure to serve on creditor, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.926

Financial institutions, see same under this topic

Garnishment notice, service on, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.924

Nonexempt property, attempt to defraud creditors, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.93

Property in hands of garnishee, valuation and disposition, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.84

Property subject to garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.73, 571.771

Retaliation by garnishees, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.74

Service of garnishment summons on debtor, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Definitions

Commercial Code, Minn. Statutes 2004 336.4A-502

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.712, 571.73, 571.75, 571.921

Disclosure, see Garnishees under this topic

Disposable earnings, defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.75, 571.921

Earnings

Children' earnings, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.143, 571.72, 571.912, 571.931, 571.932

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.75, 571.921

Forms, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.925, 571.931

Garnishment before judgment or default, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.93

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.92 to 571.927

Limitation on earnings subject to garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.922

Multiple garnishment of earnings, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.923

Prejudgment garnishment before notice and hearing, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.931

Employee, defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.921

Employer, defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.921

Exemption claims

Failure of debtor to serve on creditor, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.926

Exemption notices

Earnings, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.925

Effect, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.913

Financial institutions, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.911

Forms, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72, 571.912, 571.925, 571.931, 571.932

Service on debtor, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.924

Exemptions

Ambulance service personnel longevity award and incentive program, Minn. Statutes 2004 144E.47

Bail money, Minn. Statutes 2004 629.53

Bankruptcy, federal law exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.371

Deferred compensation, state plan, Minn. Statutes 2004 352.96

Elective state officers retirement plan, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 352C.09

Exemption claims, failure of debtor to serve on creditor, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.926

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.37

Hennepin County supplemental retirement program, Minn. Statutes 2004 383B.51

Higher education supplemental retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2004 354C.165

Individual retirement account plan (IRAP), Minn. Statutes 2004 354B.30

Insurance benefits, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.39

Judges retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2004 490.126

Legislators retirement plan, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2004 3A.13

Local firefighter relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2004 423A.16

Local police relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2004 423A.16

MFIP grants or earnings, Minn. Statutes 2004 256J.31

Minneapolis employees retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2004 422A.24

Minneapolis Police Relief Association, Minn. Statutes 2004 423B.17

Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2004 352.15

Motor vehicle certificates of title, Minn. Statutes 2004 168A.05

No-fault automobile insurance, economic loss benefits, Minn. Statutes 2004 65B.57

Notices, see Exemption notices under this topic

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2004 353.15

State Patrol retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2004 352B.071

Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2004 354.10

Teachers retirement, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Duluth, Minn. Statutes 2004 354A.11

Validity, determinations, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Veterans benefits, Minn. Statutes 2004 550.38

Volunteer firefighter relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2004 424A.02

Work release, earnings from, Minn. Statutes 2004 241.26

Fees

Constables, Minn. Statutes 2004 357.12

Paid to garnishee by creditor, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.76

Financial institutions

Citation, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.91

Exemption claims, objections by creditor, duties, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.914

Exemption notices, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.911 to 571.913

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.912

Forms, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.912, 571.914, 571.925

Funds deposited in, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.912, 571.913, 571.915

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.911 to 571.915

Foreign-money claims, United States dollar value, Minn. Statutes 2004 548.50

Forms

Misleading forms, damages, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Notice of intent to garnish earnings, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.925

Statutory forms, use, requirement, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Fraternal benefit societies, benefits, Minn. Statutes 2004 64B.18

Funds transfers, creditors process, Minn. Statutes 2004 336.4A-502

Garnishees

Debtor's property, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.73, 571.84

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.712

Discharge, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.79, 571.86

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72, 571.75, 571.78, 571.82

Fees, paid by creditor, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.76

Financial institutions, see same under this topic

Judgment against, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.82

Liability for failure to disclose, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.82

Liens, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.85

Nonearnings disclosure form, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.75

Oral disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.75

Retaliation against debtors, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.74

Service of process, see same under this topic

Supplemental complaints, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.75

Garnishment before judgment or default, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.93

Hearings, prejudgment garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.931, 571.932

Hennepin County Municipal Court

Files concerning, destruction, Minn. Statutes 2004 488A.03

Procedure for, Minn. Statutes 2004 488A.09

Industrial loan and thrift companies, vacating

Possession by Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2004 49.04

Insurance companies, liquidation proceedings

Prohibited during pendency, Minn. Statutes 2004 60B.59

Intervention by persons in interest

Joinder as party to proceeding, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.83

Lawsuits

County courts, proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2004 487.23

Garnishees, actions against, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.86

Motions

Creditor's motion to pay garnishee's lien, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.85

Creditors, garnishee's failure to disclose, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.82

Exemption claims, determination of validity, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Persons in interest, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72, 571.83, 571.84

Notice to debtor

Form, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.74

Prejudgment garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.931, 571.932

Orders, prejudgment garnishments, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.931, 571.932

Payday, defined, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.73, 571.75

Personal property, subject to attachment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.73

Pleadings, designation of parties, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.712

Proceedings

Authorization, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.71

Disclosures, power to take, court commissioners, Minn. Statutes 2004 489.02

Fees, county law library fees, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2004 134A.11

Financial institutions, funds deposited in, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.911 to 571.915

General provisions, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.71 to 571.90

Rules of Civil Procedure, application of, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Scope of general and specific provisions, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.711

Property not subject to attachment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.73

Property subject to attachment, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.73

Public employees

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.77, 571.771

Ramsey County Municipal Court, Minn. Statutes 2004 488A.26

Records and record keeping

Destruction, Hennepin County Municipal Court, Minn. Statutes 2004 488A.03

Disposition, court administrators, Minn. Statutes 2004 485.13

Retaliation against employees whose wages are garnished

Prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.74, 571.927

Remedy, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.927

Saint Louis County, conciliation court

Personal receiverships, Minn. Statutes 2004 383C.173

Savings associations, vacating

Possession by Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2004 49.04

Service of process

Constables' fees, Minn. Statutes 2004 357.12

Exemption notice, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.913, 571.924

Garnishee disclosure forms, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.75

Summonses, service by mail, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72, 571.77

Supplemental complaints, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.75

State

Debts to, priority, Minn. Statutes 2004 16D.05

Money due from, garnishment procedure, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.771

Storage fees, payment to garnishee, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.76

Summonses

Conciliation courts, no jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2004 491A.01

Content, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Earnings garnishments, failure to serve within one year, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.924

Form, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.74

Hennepin County Municipal Court, Minn. Statutes 2004 488A.09

Order to issue, prejudgment garnishments, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.932

Prejudgment garnishments, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.932

Public employee earnings, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.77

Service by mail, Minn. Statutes 2004 471.72, 571.77

Service on debtor, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Service on employer, multiple garnishments of earnings, priority, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.923

Service on garnishee, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.72

Transportation Department

Trunk highway contingent fund, use, Minn. Statutes 2004 161.06

Trust companies, vacating

Possession by Commerce Department, Minn. Statutes 2004 49.04

Unemployment insurance taxes, delinquent taxes, Minn. Statutes 2004 268.059

Unemployment insurance, overpaid benefits, Minn. Statutes 2004 268.059

Venue, change, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.87

Violations and penalties

Creditors, fine, damages, attorney fees, Minn. Statutes 2004 571.90

Debt prorating companies, violations, Minn. Statutes 2004 332.24, 332.26

Workers' compensation, nonresident employers, Minn. Statutes 2004 176.295