A. A pension allowed under this article shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, judgment, execution or other legal process.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-955

  • 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
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. A person to whom a pension is allowed shall not assign the pension, nor shall any officer or board upon which a duty is imposed with respect to the administration of this article recognize an assignment of such pension or pay any sum whatever which has been thus assigned or attempted to be assigned.