SB 255 - Garnishment Proceedings

Authors

Amy BeMent, Georgia State University College of LawFollow
Kianna Hawkins, Georgia State University College of LawFollow
Elizabeth Wedegis, Georgia State University College of LawFollow

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act reorganizes and modernizes Georgia’s garnishment code by requiring notice of garnishment exemptions to debtors, providing a process for the resolution of exemption claims, limiting the garnishment period for financial accounts to twenty four hours, requiring service of garnishment summons to be performed upon a registered agent of a corporation, and mandating the use of the forms provided in the Act.

Recommended Citation

Amy BeMent, Kianna Hawkins & Elizabeth Wedegis, SB 255 - Garnishment Proceedings, 33 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 41 (2016).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol33/iss1/4