Wisconsin Statutes 645.88 – Attachment, garnishment and levy of execution
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 645.88
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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
- Insurer: means any person who is doing, has done, purports to do or is licensed to do an insurance business and is or has been subject to the authority of, or to liquidation, rehabilitation, reorganization or conservation by, a commissioner. See Wisconsin Statutes 645.03
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
During the pendency in this or any other state of a liquidation proceeding, whether called by that name or not, no action or proceeding that is in the nature of an attachment, garnishment or levy of execution or that would interfere with proceedings under this chapter or ch. 646 shall be commenced or maintained in this state or elsewhere against the delinquent insurer or its assets.