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Ind. Code § 34-25-3-1

Officers subject to garnishment

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Dennis Garner v. Gregory S. Kempf and Clerk of Vanderburgh County (garnishee) (2018)

Most recently applied in Dennis Garner v. Gregory S. Kempf and Clerk of Vanderburgh County (garnishee) (March 2018)

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.20.

Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to:

(1) all officers who may collect money by virtue of their office, including:

(A) clerks of the circuit and superior courts;

(B) sheriffs; and

(C) constables;

(2) executors;

(3) administrators;

(4) guardians; and

(5) trustees.

(b) Persons described in subsection (a) are subject to garnishment at the suit of any creditor who has money or choses in action in the hands of the officer, executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee at the time of the service of the garnishee process, in the same manner as and to the same extent that other persons are subject to garnishment.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.