Virginia Code 8.01-503: Withholding of wages or salary not required by preceding sections unless garnishment process served
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Nothing contained in §§ 8.01-501 and 8.01-502 shall have the effect of requiring any employer paying wages or salary to an employee to withhold any part of such wages or salary unless and until such employer is duly served with process in garnishment.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 8.01-503
- 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
- Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
Code 1950, § 8-432.1; 1954, c. 379; 1977, c. 617.