Garnishee's statement · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 6219. Garnishee's statement. Within ten days after service upon a garnishee of an order of attachment, or within such shorter time as the court may direct, the garnishee shall serve upon the sheriff a statement specifying all debts of the garnishee to the defendant, when the debts are due, all property in the possession or custody of the garnishee in which the defendant has an interest, and the amounts and value of the debts and property specified. If the garnishee has money belonging to, or is indebted to, the defendant in at least the amount of the attachment, he may limit his statement to that fact.
Within 10 days after receiving an attachment order, or sooner if the court directs, the garnishee must serve the sheriff with a statement listing debts owed to the defendant, their due dates, defendant-owned property held, and the amounts and values involved. ★ If the garnishee holds or owes at least the attachment amount, the statement may simply say so.
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.