11-701 Definitions
11-702 Time When Returnable — Record in Execution Book
11-703 Garnishment — Service of Writ of Execution or Garnishment — Financial Institutions
11-704 Employer — Continuous Garnishment
11-705 Sheriff’S Return On Continuous Wage Garnishment and Continuous Garnishment for Child Support
11-706 Documents to Be Provided by Judgment Creditor — Duties of Sheriff — Service and Mailing Criteria — Time Computation
11-707 Forms for Notice of Exemptions, Instructions to Debtors and Third Parties and Claim of Exemption
11-708 Interrogatories Submitted to Garnishee
11-709 Service On Judgment Debtor and Third Parties by Sheriff
11-710 Service On Judgment Debtor and Third Parties by a Financial Institution
11-711 Claim of Exemption by Judgment Debtor
11-712 Restriction On Wage Garnishment — Maximum
11-713 Deposits Into Financial Institutions Not Subject to Garnishment
11-714 Financial Institution Obligations When Served With Writ of Garnishment
11-715 Liability of Garnishee
11-716 Notice of Garnishment — Discharge of Garnishee
11-717 Examination of Garnishee
11-718 Debts Owing by State of Idaho Subject to Execution or Garnishment After Judgment
11-719 Answer to Interrogatories — Judgment Against Garnishee
11-720 Exception to Answer — Amendment
11-721 Denial of Answer — Replication — Trial, Judgment and Execution
11-722 Judgment On Answer — Costs and Allowances
11-723 Judgment Against Garnishee
11-724 Allegation of Assignment of Debt — Procedure
11-725 Allegation of Assignment of Debt — Trial of Issue
11-726 Liability of Garnishee On Negotiable Paper
11-727 Liability of Officers and Executors as Garnishees
11-728 Fee for Employer — Garnishee
11-729 Sheriff Fee for Service
11-730 Appeals in Garnishment Proceedings
11-731 Application of Preceding Sections

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Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 11 > Chapter 7 - Garnishments

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annual percentage rate: The cost of credit at a yearly rate. It is calculated in a standard way, taking the average compound interest rate over the term of the loan so borrowers can compare loans. Lenders are required by law to disclose a card account's APR. Source: FDIC
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Bare land value: means the value of forest land exclusive of the value of timber and other products growing or being thereon. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • CFTM: means the committee on forest land taxation methodologies as provided in section 63-1705, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Commission: means the state tax commission. See Idaho Code 63-4001
  • Commission: means the state tax commission. See Idaho Code 63-4202
  • Commission: means the Idaho state tax commission. See Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Communication: means the conveying of information regarding a specific taxpayer’s state tax obligation directly or indirectly to any person through any medium. See Idaho Code 63-4001
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Continuing garnishment: means a garnishment of wages of the judgment debtor that continues, subject to the limitations found in section 11-705, Idaho Code, until the debt is satisfied. See Idaho Code 11-701
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Controlled substance: means the entire amount of any drug or substance, whether real or counterfeit, as defined in section 37-2701, Idaho Code, when possessed in the following quantities and in violation of Idaho law:
Idaho Code 63-4202
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Designation period: means any one (1) ten (10) year period in a sequence of ten (10) year periods which begin January 1, 1983. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Disposable earnings: means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld. See Idaho Code 11-701
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Earnings: means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus or otherwise, and includes periodic payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program. See Idaho Code 11-701
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Finance charge: The total cost of credit a customer must pay on a consumer loan, including interest. The Truth in Lending Act requires disclosure of the finance charge. Source: OCC
  • Financial institution: means any state bank, national bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, federal savings and loan association, federal savings bank or credit union, as those terms are defined in title 26, Idaho Code, or any federal credit union organized under the federal credit union act, 12 U. See Idaho Code 11-701
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Forest: means forest land and the timber thereon. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Forest land: means privately owned land being held and used primarily for the continuous purpose of growing and harvesting trees of a marketable species. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Forest landowner: means the legal entity which holds the property rights under law to the forest land surface. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Forest products: means any forest crop harvested from forest land. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Forest products yield tax: means a tax levied on the value of forest products harvested from a parcel as prescribed in sections 63-1703 and 63-1706, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Forest value: means the market value for assessment purposes as determined only on the basis of its ability to produce timber, other forest products, and associated agricultural products through the timber productivity valuation process as prescribed by section 63-1705, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Garnishee: means a person or institution that is indebted to or is in possession of property, money or credits of a debtor whose property has been subjected to garnishment. See Idaho Code 11-701
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Garnishment: means a judicial proceeding in which a creditor or potential creditor asks the court to order a third party who is indebted to, or is in possession of, property, money or credits of the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor’s property, money or credits held by that third party. See Idaho Code 11-701
  • gaseous special fuels: means a motor fuel that is a gas at standard pressure and temperature (i. See Idaho Code 63-2424
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Idaho income tax act: means chapter 30, title 63, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • Investment in new plant: means investment in new plant and building facilities that are:
  • Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Location information: means a taxpayer’s place of abode and his telephone number at such place, or his place of employment. See Idaho Code 63-4001
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • New plant and building facilities: means facility or facilities, including related parking facilities, where employees are physically employed. See Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Open-end credit: A credit agreement (typically a credit card) that allows a customer to borrow against a preapproved credit line when purchasing goods and services. The borrower is only billed for the amount that is actually borrowed plus any interest due. (Also called a charge account or revolving credit.) Source: OCC
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • pass-through entity: as used in this chapter includes a partnership, as defined in section 63-3006B, Idaho Code, a limited liability company taxed as a partnership under section 63-3006A, Idaho Code, an S corporation required to file a return under section 63-3030(4), Idaho Code, or a trust or estate required to file a return under section 63-3030, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 63-3006C
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
  • Idaho Code 73-114
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, evidences of debt and general intangibles as defined in the uniform commercial code — secured transactions. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • possession: means , in addition to its ordinary meaning and tenses, to include hold, sell, manufacture, acquire, produce, purchase, ship, transport, transfer or import into Idaho. See Idaho Code 63-4202
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Project period: means the period of time beginning at a physical change to the project site or the first employment of new employees located in Idaho who are related to the activities at the project site, and ending when the facilities constituting the project are placed in service, but no later than December 31, 2030, and no longer than ten (10) years after the beginning. See Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Project site: means an area or areas at which new plant and building facilities are located and at which the tax incentive criteria have been or will be met and which are either:
  • Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recapture period: means :
  • Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Registered mail: includes certified mail. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Retailer engaged in business in this state: as used in this chapter means any retailer who:
  • Idaho Code 63-3611
  • Revenue officer: means any agent, officer or employee of the state tax commission assigned to:
  • Idaho Code 63-4001
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper, alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto; or, alternatively, the seal may be the mark of a rubber stamp providing substantially the same information as the impression. See Idaho Code 73-111
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • special district: means any single purpose district organized or that may be organized as a local public body in accordance with the laws of the state of Idaho for the purpose of constructing or furnishing any municipal service where the district’s enabling law does not provide for dissolution of any district formed under it. See Idaho Code 63-4102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Stumpage value: means the value of timber, whether standing or downed by other than an intentional act of severance, expressed in terms of dollars per unit of measure. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • substantial change of use: means any use other than as forest land as defined in subsection (4) of this section. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Tax incentive criteria: means a business entity meeting at a project site the requirements of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph. See Idaho Code 63-4402
  • Tax obligation: means any legally owed tax liability, including tax, fees, penalty and interest, or any tax form required to be filed. See Idaho Code 63-4001
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Timber: means wood growth, of any species and of any size, standing or down on privately owned lands. See Idaho Code 63-1701
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • veteran: as used in this chapter , shall include any person who is a bona fide resident of the state of Idaho, who served on active duty in the United States military, naval, or air service and was discharged or separated under honorable conditions after ninety (90) days of continuous active duty, or was separated or discharged from military service earlier than ninety (90) days under honorable conditions because of a service-connected disability. See Idaho Code 65-203
  • Wage garnishment: means any legal or equitable procedure through which the earnings of any individual are required to be withheld for payment of any debt. See Idaho Code 11-701
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Writ: signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer, and the word "process" a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Idaho Code 73-114