TITLE 11

ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS

CHAPTER 7

GARNISHMENTS

11-710.  SERVICE ON judgment debtor AND THIRD PARTIES BY a financial INSTITUTION. (1)  If the writ and notice of garnishment are served upon a financial institution holding money or accounts belonging to the judgment debtor, the garnishee shall, within three (3) business days after such service, mail or hand deliver a copy of all documents served upon it by the sheriff:

(a)  To the judgment debtor at the address to which account statements or other pertinent account documentation are normally sent, or if the money is not in an account, to the last known address of the judgment debtor shown upon the records of the garnishee at the time of service upon it of the writ; and

(b)  To any other person shown upon the records of the garnishee as a co-owner or having an interest in the money or accounts garnished at the last known address of the third party shown upon the records of the garnishee at the time of service upon it of the writ.

(2)  The financial institution shall be entitled to deduct a single fee of not to exceed twelve dollars ($12.00) from the money transferred to the sheriff pursuant to the garnishment to cover the costs associated with the processing and service of the documents. The fee herein provided shall be the only processing and service fee to which the financial institution is entitled, regardless of the number of parties to which documents are sent, and is in addition to the search fee specified in section 11-703(1)(a)(vi), Idaho Code. Upon being notified by the sheriff that money transferred pursuant to the garnishment has been released as a result of a court determination that the money is exempt or a failure by the judgment creditor to contest the claim of exemption, the garnishee shall recredit the fee to the judgment debtor’s account or reimburse the judgment debtor therefor, and the judgment creditor shall reimburse the garnishee for the fee.

(3)  The garnishee shall indicate in the answer to interrogatories as provided in section 11-708, Idaho Code, the date and manner of service of the documents upon the judgment debtor and any third party as herein required but shall not be required to disclose the names or addresses of any third party served.

(4)  The garnishee shall only be required to serve on the judgment debtor, and any third party, copies of those documents served upon it by the sheriff.

History:

[11-710, added 2017, ch. 303, sec. 9, p. 807; am. 2021, ch. 186, sec. 2, p. 510.]