Maryland Code, COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS 11-602
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- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
A sheriff may not levy by way of execution against a garnishee more than the amount the plaintiff makes appear to be the value of the property and credits attached in the hands of the garnishee, but in no event may the levied assets exceed the plaintiff’s debt and costs including the cost incurred to the plaintiff by the garnishee’s contest of the garnishment.