Tennessee Code 29-7-101 – Assets subject to garnishment
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 29-7-101
- 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
- Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Where property, choses in action, or effects of the debtor are in the hands of third persons, or third persons are indebted to such debtor, the attachment may be by garnishment.