(1) All of the following items must be delivered to a garnishee:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 18.650

  • 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
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.

(a) The original writ of garnishment in substantially the form provided by ORS § 18.830 or a copy of the writ.

(b) A garnishee response form in substantially the form provided by ORS § 18.835.

(c) An instructions to garnishee form in substantially the form provided by ORS § 18.838.

(d) A wage exemption calculation form in substantially the form provided by ORS § 18.840.

(e) Any search fee required by ORS § 18.790.

(2) If any of the items described in subsection (1) of this section is not delivered to the garnishee, the garnishment is not effective to garnish any property of the debtor, the garnishee is not required to respond to the garnishment and the garnishee may proceed to deal with any property of the debtor as though the writ of garnishment had not been issued. [2001 c.249 § 16; 2003 c.85 § 5]