Sec. 4031.
(1) The provisions of the statutes relating to exemptions from execution, and the manner of levying upon property belonging to a class or species in which exemptions are by law allowed, shall be applicable to the application of property and obligations to claims by attachment and garnishment.
(2) In any garnishment proceeding where the indebtedness of the garnishee to the principal defendant is money owed to the principal defendant on account of
(a) the sale to the garnishee of milk or cream or both produced on the farm or farms of the principal defendant, the garnishee's liability to the plaintiff is limited to 40% of such money;
(b) personal labor performed by the principal defendant or his family, the garnishee's liability to the plaintiff is limited by the exemptions allowed under section 7511.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-40 - Chapter 40 Attachment and Garnishment (600.4001...600.4065)
Section 600.4001 - Attachment; Ex Parte Application; Service of Writ; Jurisdiction.
Section 600.4021 - Attachment; Venue.
Section 600.4025 - Venue; Garnishment.
Section 600.4027 - Writ of Garnishment; Filing; Additional Garnishee Defendants; Actions.
Section 600.4031 - Exemptions; Attachment and Garnishment; Partial Exemptions.
Section 600.4035 - Attachment; Effect; Personalty; Realty.
Section 600.4041 - Attachment on Realty; Discharge.
Section 600.4045 - Attachment or Garnishment; Dissolution by Bond.
Section 600.4051 - False Answer by Garnishee or Agent; Civil Liability.
Section 600.4061 - Garnishment Against State; Employees Designated to Receive Process; Procedures.
Section 600.4061a - Interception of State Tax Refund or Credit.
Section 600.4065 - Evidence in Criminal Proceedings; Disclosure.