Bank Account or Wage Garnishments

Garnishing Bank Accounts: When a payment is received from the bank that does not satisfy the
judgement in full, you must refile the execution/garnishment in Justice Court. If you are garnishing wages or bank account, you may receive payment or a letter within 4 to 6 weeks.

Garnishing Wages: The employer has 20 days to respond to the interrogatory. If we do not receive a response, we do not follow-up since we are unable to force the employer to respond. It is up to you to follow-up on your case if you haven't received payment or a letter within 4 to 6 weeks.

All Executions/Garnishments expire after 120 days. If your judgement is not satisfied within the 120 days, you may refile your Execution/Garnishment in Justice Court.

The maximum legal amount of a wage garnishment is 25% of the take home pay. However, it is up to the employer to determine the amount of net pay to be garnished from the defendants paycheck.

The following are reasons why you may not receive funds from a wage garnishment:

• Defendant has a prior garnishment
• Defendant does not make enough money to garnish
• Defendant has a child support or IRS levy

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