Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-506
This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 1-15-506, part of Wyoming’s Wyoming Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wyoming, organized into 40+ numbered titles by subject. This particular section falls under Title 1, “Code of Civil Procedure.”
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Service of notice upon judgment debtor; answer and tender of payment by garnishee
Official statutory text
(a) The garnishee shall deliver a copy of the writ of continuing garnishment required by W.S. 1-15-505, together with the calculation of exempt earnings, to the judgment debtor at the time the judgment debtor receives earnings for the first pay period affected by the writ of continuing garnishment. For all subsequent pay periods affected by the writ, the garnishee shall deliver a copy of the calculation of the amount of exempt
earnings to the judgment debtor at the time the judgment debtor receives earnings for that pay period.
(b) Compliance with this section and W.S. 1-15-505 by the judgment creditor shall be deemed to give sufficient notice to the judgment debtor of the continuing garnishment proceedings against him, and no further notice shall be required under this article.
(c) The garnishee shall file with the court a verified answer to the writ of continuing garnishment no later than ten
(10) days following the date the judgment debtor receives earnings for the first pay period affected by the writ, or forty
(40) days following the date the writ was served upon the garnishee, whichever is earlier. The answer of the garnishee shall state:
(i) Whether the judgment debtor was employed by the garnishee on the date the writ was served;
(ii) Whether the judgment debtor is paid weekly, monthly or otherwise;
(iii) The dates on which the judgment debtor will be paid during the ninety (90) day effective period of the writ;
(iv) The amount of the judgment debtor's regular gross pay and an itemization of deductions regularly withheld from the judgment debtor's gross pay by the garnishee; and
(v) Whether any other outstanding writ of continuing garnishment or income withholding order for child support relating to the judgment debtor has been served on the garnishee and if so the date on which each writ or order is expected to terminate.
(d) For each pay period affected by the writ, the garnishee shall pay any nonexempt earnings and deliver a calculation of the amount of exempt earnings to the clerk of the court which issued the writ no less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, following the day the judgment debtor receives earnings affected by the writ.
earnings to the judgment debtor at the time the judgment debtor receives earnings for that pay period.
(b) Compliance with this section and W.S. 1-15-505 by the judgment creditor shall be deemed to give sufficient notice to the judgment debtor of the continuing garnishment proceedings against him, and no further notice shall be required under this article.
(c) The garnishee shall file with the court a verified answer to the writ of continuing garnishment no later than ten
(10) days following the date the judgment debtor receives earnings for the first pay period affected by the writ, or forty
(40) days following the date the writ was served upon the garnishee, whichever is earlier. The answer of the garnishee shall state:
(i) Whether the judgment debtor was employed by the garnishee on the date the writ was served;
(ii) Whether the judgment debtor is paid weekly, monthly or otherwise;
(iii) The dates on which the judgment debtor will be paid during the ninety (90) day effective period of the writ;
(iv) The amount of the judgment debtor's regular gross pay and an itemization of deductions regularly withheld from the judgment debtor's gross pay by the garnishee; and
(v) Whether any other outstanding writ of continuing garnishment or income withholding order for child support relating to the judgment debtor has been served on the garnishee and if so the date on which each writ or order is expected to terminate.
(d) For each pay period affected by the writ, the garnishee shall pay any nonexempt earnings and deliver a calculation of the amount of exempt earnings to the clerk of the court which issued the writ no less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, following the day the judgment debtor receives earnings affected by the writ.
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