Wyoming § 1-15-424 - Failure to proceed against nonexempt garnished earnings.
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§ 1-15-424. Failure to proceed against nonexempt garnished earnings.
If a judgment creditor fails, within sixty (60) days from the filing of the answer of the garnishee, to secure a garnishee judgment and execute on garnished nonexempt earnings held by a garnishee pursuant to a writ of post judgment garnishment, the writ of garnishment which commanded the garnishee to hold the nonexempt portion of the defendant's earnings shall be released and discharged without further order of the court. In that event the garnishee shall pay to the judgment debtor that portion of his earnings which had been held pursuant to the writ of garnishment.
Source: official Wyoming text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1-15-424 ("Failure to proceed against nonexempt garnished earnings.") is part of the Wyoming Statutes Annotated, the codified statutory law of Wyoming. 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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