642.22 Validity of garnishment notice — duty to monitor account.
1. A notice of garnishment served upon a garnishee is effective without serving another notice until the earliest of the following:
a. The annual maximum permitted to be garnished under section 642.21 has been withheld.
b. The writ of execution expires.
c. The judgment is satisfied.
d. The garnishment is released by the sheriff at the request of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney.
2. A supervised financial organization, as defined in section 537.1301, subsection 45, which is garnished for an account of a defendant, after paying the sheriff any amounts then in the account, shall monitor the account for any additional amounts at least monthly while the garnishment notice is effective.
3. Expiration of the execution does not affect a garnishee’s duties and liabilities respecting property already withheld pursuant to the garnishment.
84 Acts, ch 1239, §12; 85 Acts, ch 93, §1; 86 Acts, ch 1238, §26; 87 Acts, ch 98, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 92, §2
Referred to in §627.6
Structure Iowa Code
Title XV - JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES
Section 642.1 - Who may be garnished.
Section 642.2 - Garnishment of public employer.
Section 642.3 - Fund in court.
Section 642.4 - Death of garnishee.
Section 642.5 - Sheriff may take answers.
Section 642.6 - Garnishee required to appear.
Section 642.7 - Examination in court.
Section 642.9 - Failure to appear or answer — cause shown.
Section 642.10 - Paying or delivering.
Section 642.11 - Answer controverted.
Section 642.12 - Notice of controverting pleadings.
Section 642.13 - Judgment against garnishee.
Section 642.14 - Notice of garnishment proceedings.
Section 642.14A - Notice to defendant — nonemployer garnishees.
Section 642.14B - Notice to defendant — employer garnishees.
Section 642.15 - Pleading by defendant — discharge of garnishee.
Section 642.16 - When debt not due.
Section 642.17 - Negotiable paper — indemnity.
Section 642.18 - Judgment conclusive.
Section 642.19 - Docket to show garnishments.
Section 642.21 - Exemption from net earnings.
Section 642.22 - Validity of garnishment notice — duty to monitor account.
Section 642.23 - Support disbursements by the clerk.