Indiana Code 34-25-3-1. Officers subject to garnishment
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Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to:
(A) clerks of the circuit and superior courts;
(1) all officers who may collect money by virtue of their office, including:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-25-3-1
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- 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
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(B) sheriffs; and
(C) constables;
(2) executors;
(3) administrators;
(4) guardians; and
(5) trustees.
(b) Persons described in subsection (a) are subject to garnishment at the suit of any creditor who has money or choses in action in the hands of the officer, executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee at the time of the service of the garnishee process, in the same manner as and to the same extent that other persons are subject to garnishment.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-1-11-12.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.20.