Where the property or credits attached or sought to be attached are held by the garnishee in the name of or for the account of a person other than the defendant, the garnishee shall retain the property or credits during the period pending determination by the court of the propriety of the attachment or the rightful owner of the property or credits. During that period the garnishee shall incur no liability whatsoever for the retention.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 552, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)
1981 Ed., § 16-547.
1973 Ed., § 16-547.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
Chapter 5 - Attachment and Garnishment
Subchapter II - Attachment and Garnishment After Judgment in Aid of Execution
§ 16–541. Definition and applicability
§ 16–542. Issuance of attachment after judgment; costs
§ 16–543. Revival of judgment unnecessary
§ 16–544. Property subject to attachment
§ 16–545. Multiple attachments against same judgment debtor
§ 16–546. Attachments of credits
§ 16–547. Retention of property or credits by garnishee
§ 16–548. Attachment of judgments and money or property in hands of marshal
§ 16–549. Attachment of money or property in hands of executor or administrator
§ 16–550. Preservation of property; sale
§ 16–551. Defending against the attachment; trial of issues
§ 16–552. Interrogatories to garnishee; oral examination
§ 16–553. Traverse of garnishee’s answers; trial of issue; costs and attorney’s fee
§ 16–554. Claims to attached property
§ 16–555. Condemnation and sale of property; proceeds of sale under interlocutory order