Indiana Code
Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure
Article 25. Special Proceedings: Attachment and Garnishment

Chapter 1. General Provisions Applying to Attachment and Garnishment

34-25-1-1. Execution of Judgments; Law Governing - Sec. 1. The execution of judgments is governed by IC...

34-25-1-2. Nonresidents; Personal Earnings or Wages - Sec. 2. Indiana courts do not have and shall not...

34-25-1-3. Judgment for Attachment or Garnishment; Service and Venue Requirements - Sec. 3. The plaintiff is not entitled to judgment in...

34-25-1-4. Payment of Costs and Expenses; Proportional Payment of Multiple Creditors; Surplus - Sec. 4. The money realized from the attachment and the...

Chapter 2. Attachment

34-25-2-1. Attachment of Property at or After Filing Complaint - Sec. 1. (a) At or after the time of filing...

34-25-2-2. Attachment Barred While Debtor's Spouse and Family Reside Within County; Limitation on Debtor's Absence - Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an...

34-25-2-3. Concealment of Debtor's Absence by Spouse or Family - Sec. 3. If the spouse or family of the debtor:...

34-25-2-4. Plaintiff's Affidavit - Sec. 4. The plaintiff or a person representing the plaintiff...

34-25-2-5. Plaintiff's Undertaking - Sec. 5. Except for actions filed by the attorney general...

34-25-2-6. Order of Attachment - Sec. 6. Upon the filing of the affidavit and written...

34-25-2-7. Issuance of Order to Sheriff of Other County; Orders Issued Simultaneously or in Succession; Recovery of Costs - Sec. 7. Orders of attachment may be issued to the...

34-25-2-8. Issuance of Execution of Order on Sunday - Sec. 8. An order of attachment may be issued and...

34-25-2-9. Assistance of Householder; Inventory; Appraisement - Sec. 9. The sheriff shall proceed, with the assistance of...

34-25-2-10. Order Becomes Lien on Property - Sec. 10. An order of attachment binds the defendant's property...

34-25-2-11. Order in Which Property Taken; Pursuing Property in Another County - Sec. 11. (a) The sheriff shall first take the defendant's...

34-25-2-12. Undertaking by Defendant or Person Having Possession of Property - Sec. 12. The defendant or other person who has possession...

34-25-2-13. Third Party's Duty to Prosecute Claim - Sec. 13. Whenever any person other than the defendant claims...

34-25-2-14. Duty of Defendant or Claimant to Give Information Under Oath - Sec. 14. The defendant or claimant of any attached property...

34-25-2-15. Lien on Goods Attached in Hands of Consignee - Sec. 15. Goods attached in the hands of a consignee...

34-25-2-16. Undertaking by Defendant; Discharge of Attachment; Restitution of Property - Sec. 16. If the defendant or other person representing the...

34-25-2-17. Property That Is Perishable or Expensive to Keep; Procedure for Sale at Public Auction - Sec. 17. When attached personal property is perishable in nature...

34-25-2-18. Allowance of Sheriff's Expenses of Keeping Attached Property - Sec. 18. The sheriff shall be allowed by the court...

34-25-2-19. Effect of Dismissal by First Attaching Creditor - Sec. 19. (a) This section applies when the first attaching...

34-25-2-20. Motion for Discharge and Restitution; Undertaking; Judgment for Plaintiff - Sec. 20. (a) After appearing in the action, a defendant...

34-25-2-21. Judgment for Defendant; Appeal - Sec. 21. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if...

34-25-2-22. Judgment for Plaintiff; Execution - Sec. 22. After judgment for the plaintiff or one (1)...

34-25-2-23. Action on Undertaking; Damages - Sec. 23. Every defendant is entitled to an action on...

34-25-2-24. Actions in Name of State - Sec. 24. In all actions in the name of the...

34-25-2-25. Order Executed and Discharged; Return - Sec. 25. When an order of attachment is fully executed...

Chapter 3. Garnishment

34-25-3-1. Officers Subject to Garnishment - Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to: (1) all officers...

34-25-3-2. Personal Actions Arising Upon Contract or Judgment; Affidavit; Undertaking; Summons - Sec. 2. (a) In all personal actions arising upon contract,...

34-25-3-3. Accountability of Garnishee to Plaintiff - Sec. 3. From the day of the service of the...

34-25-3-4. Certificate and Examination of Garnishee; Enforcement - Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to an officer or...

34-25-3-5. Garnishee's Failure to Appear or Provide Information; Effect; Procedure - Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a garnishee who...

34-25-3-6. Absconding Garnishee; Order of Arrest - Sec. 6. If the plaintiff or person representing the plaintiff...

34-25-3-7. Final Judgment Against Garnishee; Discharge of Garnishee; Costs - Sec. 7. The court shall not render final judgment against...

34-25-3-8. Return of "No Property Found" - Sec. 8. The return of "no property found" upon the...

34-25-3-9. Judgment Recovered; Liability of Defendant or Garnishee for Costs - Sec. 9. (a) If the plaintiff wins judgment against the...

34-25-3-10. Compelling Garnishee to Pay or Perform Contracts - Sec. 10. The garnishee may not be compelled to pay...

34-25-3-11. Payment to Sheriff or Court; Discharge of Garnishee - Sec. 11. A garnishee may pay money the garnishee owes...

34-25-3-12. Examination of Garnishee; Delivery of Property and Payment; Undertaking - Sec. 12. (a) This section applies to a garnishee or...

34-25-3-13. Creditor of Defendant; Intervention in Action - Sec. 13. At any time before the final judgment in...

34-25-3-14. Judgment for Plaintiff or Creditor; Execution - Sec. 14. (a) If: (1) judgment in the action is...

34-25-3-15. Procedurally Defective Order; Immunity of Person Who Complies - Sec. 15. (a) In addition to other proceedings, this section...