If any person suggested, summoned as provided in this article, fails to answer, the court may either compel the person to answer, or hear proof of the matters required by section fifteen of this article to be disclosed by the person's answer, concerning any debt or liability due by the person to, or personal property in the person's possession or under the person's control of, the judgment debtor at the time of service of the summons, and make the orders in relation thereto as if what is so proved had appeared in the person's answer.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 5. Proceedings in Aid of Execution; Interrogatories; Suggestion
§38-5-2. Time of Return of Summons and Appearance of Debtor
§38-5-3. Record of Examination by Commissioner; Objections and Rulings Thereon
§38-5-5. Compelling Debtor to Answer
§38-5-6. Report by Commissioner
§38-5-7. Orders Concerning Disposition of Property Conveyed, Delivered or Assigned to Officer
§38-5-8. Sale of Real Estate Conveyed to Officer
§38-5-9. Disposition of Personal Property and Collection of Debts
§38-5-10. Suggestion on Judgment; Summons Against Person Suggested
§38-5-11. Officer's Return of Summons
§38-5-12. Discharge of Liability of Person Suggested on Negotiable Instrument
§38-5-13. Contents of Answer of Person Suggested; Verification
§38-5-15. Order of Court for Payment by Person Suggested
§38-5-16. Effect of Order of Court as Judgment
§38-5-17. Failure of Person Suggested to Answer
§38-5-18. Jury Trial in Suggestion Proceedings; Waiver of Jury; Right of Appeal; Costs
§38-5-19. Return by Officer as to Money Received in Suggestion Proceedings; Disposition of Money
§38-5-20. Suit for Recovery of Property or Debt Subject to Lien
§38-5-22. Disposition of Leviable Property Recovered in Suit