Code of Alabama
Chapter 6 - Remedies.
Article 9 - Garnishments.

Division 1 - General Provisions.

Section 6-6-370 - "Garnishment" Defined. - A "garnishment," as employed in this article, is process to...

Section 6-6-371 - Applicability of Section 6-6-143. - The provisions of Section 6-6-143 are applicable to garnishments.

Division 2 - Institution of Proceedings.

Section 6-6-390 - When Process of Garnishment Obtainable. - The plaintiff in any pending action for the recovery of...

Section 6-6-391 - Affidavit of Amount Due Plaintiff. - To obtain such writ of garnishment, the plaintiff, his agent...

Section 6-6-392 - Bond Required When Garnishment in Aid of Pending Action; Exception as to Superintendent of Banks. - When the garnishment is in aid of a pending action,...

Section 6-6-393 - Issuance and Service of Process. - Upon the filing of the affidavit or the affidavit and...

Section 6-6-394 - Notice to Defendant. - When the defendant resides within the state and the garnishment...

Section 6-6-395 - Revival of Proceedings When Garnishee or Contestant Dies. - If the garnishee dies after he has been summoned as...

Division 3 - What May Be Garnished.

Section 6-6-410 - Debt or Demand on Which Action Pending. - A debt or demand which is subject to garnishment may...

Section 6-6-411 - Executors and Administrators. - (a) Executors and administrators may be garnished for debts due...

Section 6-6-412 - Money in Hands of Attorney, Sheriff, or Other Officer. - Money in hands of an attorney-at-law, sheriff, or other officer...

Section 6-6-413 - Money or Effects in Hands of Trustee; Exception. - (a) Money or effects of the defendant in the hands...

Section 6-6-414 - Unpaid Subscription of Stock. - Any creditor of a corporation may, by garnishment, subject the...

Division 4 - Bond by Defendant.

Section 6-6-430 - Filing of Bond; Discharge of Money or Property From Garnishment; Proceedings as if Bond Not Executed; Judgment; Discharge of Garnishee. - (a) When garnishment has been issued in aid of a...

Section 6-6-431 - Bond in Double Amount; Dissolution of Garnishment and Discharge of All Garnishees; Judgment Against Obligors. - (a) The defendant may, instead of the bond mentioned in...

Division 5 - Answer of Garnishee.

Section 6-6-450 - Filing of Answer; Notice Thereof; Oral Examination. - The garnishee must answer under oath according to the terms...

Section 6-6-451 - Answers on Behalf of Corporations. - No person shall answer on behalf of any corporation any...

Section 6-6-452 - Payment of Defendant's Money Into Court if Garnishee Admits Possession Thereof. - If the garnishee admits the possession of money belonging to...

Section 6-6-453 - Payment of Indebtedness or Liability to Clerk; Effect Thereof; Ordering of Deposit by Court. - (a) When the garnishee admits indebtedness or liability to the...

Section 6-6-454 - Judgment Where Answer Admits Indebtedness to Defendant. - If the garnishee answers and admits indebtedness to the defendant,...

Section 6-6-455 - Proceedings When Garnishee Liable for Delivery of Personal Property. - If the garnishee is liable for the delivery of personal...

Section 6-6-456 - Judgment and Proceedings if Possession of Effects Subject to Levy and Sale Admitted. - If the garnishee admits the possession of effects of the...

Section 6-6-457 - Proceedings on Failure to Appear and Answer. - If the garnishee fails to appear and answer, a conditional...

Section 6-6-458 - Controverting of Answer by Plaintiff, Etc. - The plaintiff, his agent, or attorney may controvert the answer...

Section 6-6-459 - Contest of Answer by Defendant. - The defendant, upon the coming in of the answer, may,...

Section 6-6-460 - Judgment When Issue Found Against Garnishee. - If such issue is found against the garnishee, judgment must...

Section 6-6-461 - Effect of Judgment for Plaintiff as Between Garnishee and Defendant. - The judgment condemning the debt, demand, money, or effects to...

Section 6-6-462 - Payment of Costs to Garnishee Upon Discharge. - When the answer of the garnishee is not controverted or,...

Section 6-6-463 - Disposition of Claims of Other Persons Suggested by Garnishee. - (a) When the garnishee, by his answer as originally filed...

Section 6-6-464 - Appeals. - An appeal lies to the supreme court or the court...

Division 6 - Salaries of Public Officials or Employees.

Section 6-6-480 - "Salary" Defined. - The term "salary," as used in this division, is not...

Section 6-6-481 - Who May Be Garnished; How Effected. - (a) Money due officials or employees of a city, county,...

Section 6-6-482 - Writ to Issue Only After Final Judgments on Actions Ex Contractu. - The salary referred to in this division is not subject...

Section 6-6-483 - Answer of State Official Garnished to Show Assent to Judgment. - Where an official of the State of Alabama or other...

Section 6-6-484 - Drawing of Warrant or Check for Money Due as Salary. - After such writ has been served as provided in this...