Debt or property subject to attachment; proper garnishee · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 6202. Debt or property subject to attachment; proper garnishee. Any debt or property against which a money judgment may be enforced as provided in section 5201 is subject to attachment. The proper garnishee of any such property or debt is the person designated in section 5201; for the purpose of applying the provisions to attachment, references to a "judgment debtor" in section 5201 and in subdivision (i) of section 105 shall be construed to mean "defendant. "
Any debt or property against which a money judgment may be enforced under § 5201 may be attached, and the proper garnishee is the person § 5201 designates. ★ For attachment purposes, references there and in § 105(i) to a “judgment debtor” mean the defendant.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Clerk in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Clerk: Civil Practice Law and Rules; Volume 1 — Your Career: Civil Practice in Plain English.