Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3913 – No particular sequence of sheriff’s acts required in garnishment proceeding
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3913
- 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
- Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
A. Nothing in the Code of Civil Procedure or in any other law shall be construed to require in a garnishment proceeding any particular sequence or order in which the sheriff serves on the garnishee the citation, copy of the petition, garnishment interrogatories, and notice of seizure, and in which he seizes the property and takes an inventory thereof.
B. Other than as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 13:3921 et seq. applicable to garnishments of wages, a garnishment shall not be continuing in nature and the garnishee need only respond as to property of the judgment debtor that the garnishee has in his possession or under his control at the time the garnishment interrogatories are served on him.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1999, No. 887, §2.