Kansas Statutes 60-723. Garnishment of earnings of public officers and employees; state property exempt from enforcement of judgments
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 60-723
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) All provisions, requirements, conditions and exemptions of the garnishment laws of the state of Kansas shall apply to all state, county, city, township and school district officers and employees, as well as to all officers and employees of all municipal or quasi-municipal corporations, to the same extent and effect as such laws apply under the existing statutes of the state of Kansas to officers and employees of private corporations, subject to the limitations contained in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 60-717 and 60-718, and amendments thereto.
(b) Consent is hereby given for garnishment proceedings to be brought against the state and such counties, townships, cities, school districts and other municipal or quasi-municipal corporations in the same manner and under the same procedure as is now provided by law for bringing such proceedings against private corporations.
(c) All income withholding orders for support or orders of garnishment attaching earnings of a state officer or employee shall be served upon the director of accounts and reports.
(d) All property, funds, credits and indebtedness of the state or of any agency of the state shall be exempt from garnishment, attachment, levy and execution and sale, and no judgment against the state or any agency of the state shall be a charge or lien on any such property, funds, credits or indebtedness.