2007 Minnesota Statutes

571.914 OBJECTION TO EXEMPTION CLAIM.
    Subdivision 1. Objections. An objection shall be interposed by mailing or delivering one
copy of the written objection to the financial institution and one copy of the written objection to
the debtor. A Request for Hearing and Notice of Hearing form must accompany each copy of
the written objection.
Both copies of an objection to an exemption claim must be mailed or delivered on the same
date. The financial institution may rely on the date of mailing or delivery of a notice to it in
computing any time periods in this section.
The written objection, and Request for Hearing and Notice of Hearing, must be substantially
in the forms set out in subdivisions 2 and 3.
The court shall provide clerical assistance to help with the writing and filing of a Request for
Hearing by any person not represented by counsel. The court administrator may charge a fee of
$1 for the filing of a Request for Hearing. Upon the filing of a Request for Hearing, the court
administrator shall schedule the matter for hearing no later than five business days from the
date of filing. The court administrator shall immediately send a completed copy of the request,
including the hearing date, time, and place to the adverse party and to the financial institution by
first class mail.
An order stating whether the debtor's funds are exempt shall be issued by the court within
three days of the date of the hearing.
    Subd. 2. Notice of objection. (a) The written objection to the debtor must be in substantially
the following form:

STATE OF MINNESOTA		DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF .....		..... JUDICIAL DISTRICT
..... (Creditor)
..... (Debtor)		CREDITOR'S OBJECTION
..... (Garnishee)		TO EXEMPTION CLAIM

The creditor objects to your claim for exemption from garnishment, levy of execution, order
for attachment (strike inapplicable language) for the following reason(s):

.....

.....

.....

Because of this objection, your financial institution will retain the funds you claimed to be
exempt for an additional ten days. If you wish to request a hearing on your exemption claim, you
need to do so within ten days from the date the objection was personally served on you, or within
13 days of the date the objection was mailed to you. You may request a hearing by completing the
attached form and filing it with the court administrator.
1. The court shall provide clerical assistance to help with the writing and filing of a Request
for Hearing by any person not represented by counsel. The court administrator may charge a fee
of $1 for the filing of a Request for Hearing.
2. Upon the filing of a Request for Hearing, the clerk shall schedule the matter for a hearing
no later than five business days from the date of filing. The court administrator shall forthwith
send a completed copy of the request, including the hearing date, time, and place to the adverse
party and to the financial institution by first class mail.
3. If it is possible that the financial institution might not receive the request mailed from the
court administrator within ten days, then you may want to personally deliver a copy of the request
to the financial institution after you have filed your request with the court.
4. An order stating whether your funds are exempt shall be issued by the court within three
days of the date of the hearing.
If you do not file a Request for Hearing within ten days of the date the objection was
personally served on you, or within 13 days from the date the objection was mailed to you, your
financial institution may turn your funds over to your creditor.
If you file a Request for Hearing and your financial institution receives it within ten days
of the date it received this objection, your financial institution will retain your funds claimed
to be exempt until otherwise ordered by the court, or until the garnishment lapses pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes, section 571.79.

.....

(CREDITOR OR CREDITOR'S ATTORNEY.)

    Subd. 3. Request for hearing and notice for hearing. The request for hearing
accompanying the objection notice must be in substantially the following form:

STATE OF MINNESOTA		DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF .....		..... JUDICIAL DISTRICT
..... (Creditor)
..... (Debtor)		REQUEST FOR HEARING AND NOTICE FOR HEARING
..... (Garnishee)

I hereby request a hearing to resolve the exemption claim which has been made in this case
regarding funds in the account of ............. (Debtor) at the ......... (Financial Institution).
    I believe the property being held is exempt because

.....

.....

Dated: .....

		(DEBTOR)
		.....
		(ADDRESS)
		.....
HEARING DATE: .....	TIME:	.....
HEARING PLACE: .....

(Note to both parties: Bring with you to the hearing all documents and materials relevant to
the exemption claim. Failure to do so could delay the court's decision.)
    Subd. 4. Duties of financial institution if objection is made to exemption claim. Upon
receipt of a written objection from the creditor within the specified seven-day period, the financial
institution shall retain the funds claimed to be exempt. Unless the financial institution receives a
request for hearing from the debtor asserting exemption rights within ten days after receipt of the
written objection to the exemption, the funds remain subject to the garnishment summons as if no
claim of exemption had been made. If a notice of motion and motion to determine the validity
of a claim of exemption is received by the financial institution within the period provided, the
financial institution shall retain the funds claimed to be exempt until otherwise ordered by the
court, or until the garnishment lapses pursuant to section 571.79.
History: 1990 c 606 art 3 s 26; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 56; 2000 c 405 s 23