A. When the garnishee is discharged on the garnishee’s answer, the cost of the proceeding, including reasonable compensation to the garnishee, shall be taxed against the judgment creditor.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 12-1591

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Judgment creditor: means a person or entity that has a money judgment or an order for support of a person that is due and unpaid or an order pursuant to chapter 14 of this title allowing him to garnish monies, personal property or shares of stock before final judgment on the underlying action. See Arizona Laws 12-1570
  • Judgment debtor: means a person or entity against which a money judgment has been awarded or against which an order for support of a person is due and unpaid or against which an order pursuant to chapter 14 of this title has been entered. See Arizona Laws 12-1570
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. When there is no written objection to the answer of the garnishee and the garnishee is held on the garnishee’s answer, the attorney fees that are allowed by section 12-1572, paragraph 3 and costs as provided in subsection A of this section shall be taxed against the judgment debtor.

C. Where the answer is objected to in writing the attorney fees and costs shall abide the issue.

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