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If you want to start a wage garnishment and already have a writ of judgment do you need to follow the laws in the creditors state or the debtors state?

April 26, 2017Creditor debtor Follow garnishment judgment Laws State Wage Writ

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If you want to start a wage garnishment and already have a writ of judgment do you need to follow the laws in the creditors state or the debtors state?

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You can only conduct a wage garnishment in the state where the judgment was entered. If the debtor lives in another state, you will need to register the judgment where the debtor lives and use the laws of that state to start the wage garnishment.