Minnesota Statutes 571.771 – Money Due From State Departments
Money due or owing to any entity or person by the state on account of any employment, work, contract with, or services provided to any state department or agency is subject to garnishment. The garnishment summons may be served upon the head of the department or agency in the same manner as other summons in that court of record except that service may not be made by publication. Service of the garnishment summons may also be made by certified mail, return receipt requested. The disclosure must be made by the head of the department or agency, or by some person designated by the head having knowledge of the facts. If payment is made pursuant to judgment against the state as garnishee, a certificate of satisfaction to the extent of the payment endorsed on it must be delivered to the head of the department or agency as a voucher for the payment.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 571.771
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.