Arkansas Code Title 16, Subtitle 7, Chapter 110, Subchapter 4 - Garnishment Proceedings

• § 16-110-401 - Grounds.
  (a) (1) In all cases where any plaintiff may begin an action in any court of record, or before any justice of the peace,...
• § 16-110-402 - Procedure in Issuing Writs of Garnishment.
  (a) (1) Upon application for a writ of garnishment by any qualified judgment creditor, the clerk of the court shall attach to the writ...
• § 16-110-403 - Filing of Interrogatories.
  The plaintiff shall, on the day on which he or she sues out his writ of garnishment, prepare and file all the allegations and...
• § 16-110-404 - Answers to Interrogatories.
  The garnishee shall, on the return day named in the writ, exhibit and file, under his oath, full, direct, and true answers to all...
• § 16-110-405 - Denial of Answer.
  (a) If the garnishee files his or her answer to the interrogatories exhibited and the plaintiff deems the answers untrue or insufficient, he or...
• § 16-110-406 - Failure of Bank to Answer.
  (a) If any garnishee that is a bank, savings bank, or trust company domiciled in this state, after having been served with a writ...
• § 16-110-407 - Failure of Garnishee to Answer.
  (a) If any garnishee, after having been duly served with a writ of garnishment, shall neglect or refuse to answer the interrogatories exhibited to...
• § 16-110-408 - Discharge of Garnishment Issued Before Judgment Upon Filing of Bond by Defendant.
  (a) (1) Whenever a garnishment is issued in any action before judgment, the defendant may have the garnishment discharged and all funds or property...
• § 16-110-409 - Discharge of Garnishee Before Judgment Upon Surrender of Property.
  (a) If on the return day of any writ of garnishment the garnishee shall surrender to the plaintiff all the goods and chattels, moneys,...
• § 16-110-410 - Discharge of Garnishee Upon Judgment or Judgment for Plaintiff.
  (a) If the issue is found for the garnishee, he or she shall be discharged without further proceedings.(b) However, if the issue is found...
• § 16-110-411 - Effect of Judgment Against Garnishee.
  In all cases where judgment shall be rendered against any garnishee on an answer to interrogatories filed, the judgment shall have the effect to...
• § 16-110-412 - Issuance of Writ and Judgment to Another County.
  Writs of garnishment may be issued from the circuit court of one (1) county to any other county in the state.
• § 16-110-413 - Garnishment Against State or Subdivision After Judgment.
  (a) (1) Any indebtedness, goods and chattels, moneys, credits, or effects, except for refunds for overpayment of Arkansas state income tax belonging to a...
• § 16-110-414 - Garnishment Against Railroad for Certain Wages After Judgment.
  (a) No garnishment shall be issued by any court in any cause where the sum demanded is two hundred dollars ($200) or less, and...
• § 16-110-415 - Garnishment of Wages.
  (a) Upon the garnishment of salaries, wages, or other compensation due from the employer garnishee, the employer garnishee shall hold, to the extent of...
• § 16-110-416 - Notice to Employer Garnishee.
  In any garnishment of salaries, wages, or other compensation due from the employer garnishee, the plaintiff shall include the following notice to the employer...
• § 16-110-417 - Handling Costs for Withholding.
  (a) A payor may withhold up to two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per pay period in addition to any court-ordered income withholding amount...

Last modified: November 15, 2016