Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3914 – Service of garnishment process on nonresident doing business in this state who has not appointed agent for service of process
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3914
- 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.
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
When the garnishee is a nonresident who is doing business in this state, but has not appointed an agent for the service of process therein, and who is absent from his place of business in this state at the time the particular service is attempted to be made on him there, the citation, petition, garnishment interrogatories, notice of seizure, and all other pleadings and notices in the garnishment proceeding, may be served on any of his agents or employees of suitable age and discretion at this place of business, with the same legal force and validity as if served on him personally.
This section applies to any garnishment made under any provision of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure or of La. Rev. Stat. 13:3921 through 13:3927.
The definition of “nonresident” in Article 5251(11) of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure applies equally to this Section.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 47, §4.