Alabama § 6-6-457 - Proceedings on Failure to Appear and Answer.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 6-6-457 — Proceedings on Failure to Appear and Answer., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-6-457. Proceedings on Failure to Appear and Answer.
If the garnishee fails to appear and answer, a conditional judgment must be entered against him for the amount of the plaintiff’s claim, as ascertained by his judgment, to be made absolute unless he appears within 30 days after notice of the conditional judgment issued by the clerk, to be served on him, as other process, by the sheriff. If he fails to appear within the time required by the notice served upon him or if two notices are returned “not found” by the sheriff of the county in which the garnishment was executed, the judgment must be made absolute.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 6-6-457 ("Proceedings on Failure to Appear and Answer.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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