Utah Code 26B-9-218. Release of lien, attachment, or garnishment by department
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Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-9-218
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- 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
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Obligor: means a person, firm, corporation, or the estate of a decedent owing a duty of support to this state, to an individual, to another state, or other corporate jurisdiction in whose behalf this state is acting. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
- Office: means the Office of Recovery Services. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Support: includes past-due, present, and future obligations established by:(27)(a) a tribunal or imposed by law for the financial support, maintenance, medical, or dental care of a dependent child; and(27)(b) a tribunal for the financial support of a spouse or former spouse with whom the obligor's dependent child resides if the obligor also owes a child support obligation that is being enforced by the state. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
- Support debt: means the debt created by nonpayment of support. See Utah Code 26B-9-201
The office may, at any time, release a support lien, wage assignment, attachment, or garnishment on all or part of the property of the obligor, or return seized property without liability, if assurance of payment is considered adequate by the office, or if that action will facilitate collection of the support debt. However, that release or return does not prevent future action to collect from the same or other property. The office may also waive provisions providing for the collection of interest on accounts due, if that waiver would facilitate collection of the support debt.