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Miss. Code Ann. § 11-35-7

Form of the writ of garnishment—when issued by the sheriff

Codes, 1892, § 2133; 1906, § 2340; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1935; 1930, § 1841; 1942, § 2786.

When the sheriff issues a writ of garnishment in executing an attachment, it may be in the following form:

“THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. “To, garnishee: “Whereas, the undersigned holds an attachment writ against, as defendant at the suit of, as plaintiff, and it appearing that you should be summoned as garnishee: “We therefore command you to appear in the court, at, on the day of, A. D., being the return day of said attachment, then and there in said attachment suit to answer (here copy in full every particular that a garnishee is required to answer). Herein fail not, under penalty of having judgment rendered against you for the whole amount of plaintiff’s demand. “Witness my signature, this day of, A. D.. “ ”

The original must be returned to the court properly indorsed with the mode of service and the defendant served, as in other cases.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.