Garnishee-employers may charge and collect a fee of up to ten dollars from a judgment-debtor employee on account of such employers’ expense in processing each garnishment summons served on such employers on account of the judgment-debtor employee.

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 8.01-512.2

  • 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

1980, c. 537; 1994, c. 664.