Minnesota Statutes 571.77 – Salary of Public Servants
The salary or wages of an official or employee of a county, town, city, or school district, or any department of these bodies, is subject to garnishment. The garnishment summons shall be served upon the auditor, treasurer, or clerk of the body, or head of the department of the body of which that person is an official or employee. The disclosure shall be made by the officer or person so served, or by some person designated by that person having knowledge of the facts. If payment is made by the county, town, city, or school district, or any department of these bodies pursuant to a judgment against it as garnishee, a certified copy of the judgment with a certificate of satisfaction to the extent of the payment endorsed on it shall be delivered to the treasurer as a voucher for the payment.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 571.77
- 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
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.