Tennessee § 26-2-202 - Property, debts and effects liable to satisfy judgment.

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§ 26-2-202. Property, debts and effects liable to satisfy judgment.

All property, debts and effects of the defendant in the possession or under the control of the garnishee shall be liable to satisfy the plaintiff's judgment, from the service of the notice, or from the time they came into the plaintiff's hands, if acquired subsequent to the service of notice, and before judgment. Acts 1978, ch. 915, § 21; T.C.A., § 26-231. Cross-References. Action commenced by garnishment, title 29, ch. 7. Garnishment on distress warrant, § 67-1-1203 . Property exempt, title 26, ch. 2, part 1. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 338. Law Reviews. Creditor's Rights — Garnishment of Claim for Personal Injury — Property Vesting in the Bankruptcy Trustee, 40 Tenn. L. Rev. 508. Enforcing Money Judgments in Tennessee (Lonnie C. Rich), 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 65. Forms of Relief, 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 400. Judicial Reform at the Lowest Level: A Model Statute for Small Claims Courts, Part III, 28 Vand. L. Rev. 747. The Collection of Debts from Insolvent and Fully Mortgaged Debtors (John A. Walker, Jr.), 43 Tenn. L. Rev. 399. Attorney General Opinions. Single garnishment based on multiple judgments not authorized, OAG 98-018, 1998 Tenn. AG LEXIS 18(1/15/98).

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