Form of interrogatories to garnishee; garnishee to answer in writing under oath.
1. The interrogatories to the garnishee may be in substance as follows:
Are you in any manner indebted to the defendants.................................................
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or either of them, either in property or money, and is the debt now due? If not due, when is the debt to become due? State fully all particulars.
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Are you an employer of one or all of the defendants? If so, state the length of your pay period and the amount each defendant presently earns during a pay period.
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Did you have in your possession, in your charge or under your control, on the date the writ of garnishment was served upon you, any money, property, effects, goods, chattels, rights, credits or choses in action of the defendants, or either of them, or in which ............................is interested? If so, state its value, and state fully all particulars.
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Do you know of any debts owing to the defendants, whether due or not due, or any money, property, effects, goods, chattels, rights, credits or choses in action, belonging to ............... or in which ...........................is interested, and now in the possession or under the control of others? If so, state particulars.
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State your correct name and address, or the name and address of your attorney upon whom written notice of further proceedings in this action may be served.
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Garnishee
I (insert the name of the garnishee), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that the answers to the foregoing interrogatories by me subscribed are true.
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(Signature of garnishee)
SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me this ........ day of the month of ........ of the year ........
2. The garnishee shall answer the interrogatories in writing upon oath or affirmation and submit his answers to the sheriff within the time required by the writ. If the garnishee fails to do so, he shall be deemed in default.
Last modified: February 27, 2006