Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-9-311

  • 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
  • Income: means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-9-101. See Utah Code 26B-9-301
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
26B-9-311.  Priority of notice or order to withhold income.
     The notice to withhold provided by Section 26B-9-306, and a notice or order to withhold issued by the court in a civil action for income withholding, are prior to all other legal collection processes provided by state law, including garnishment, attachment, execution, and wage assignment.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 305, 2023 General Session