(1) Only the following courts have authority over a writ of garnishment issued for the enforcement of a judgment:
(a) The court in which the judgment to be enforced was originally entered or first registered;
(b) The circuit court for the county in which a judgment debtor resides if the requirements of ORS 18.255 have been met; and
(c) The circuit court for the county in which a debtor has filed a challenge to the garnishment under ORS 18.718.
(2) Only the following courts have authority over a writ of garnishment issued for the enforcement of an agency order or warrant:
(a) The circuit court for the county in which the order or warrant was first recorded; and
(b) The circuit court for the county in which the debtor resides if the order or warrant has also been recorded in that county.
(3) The circuit court for the county in which the order for provisional process is entered has sole authority for issuance of a writ of garnishment issued pursuant to an order for provisional process. [2001 c.249 §6; 2003 c.576 §572]
(Garnishable Property)
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