North Dakota § 32-09.1-20 Termination of garnishment

North Dakota Statutes

§ 32-09.1-20 — Termination of garnishment

North Dakota § 32-09.1-20

Title 32Judicial Remedies

Ch. 32-09.1Garnishment

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N.D. Cent. Code § 32-09.1-20 (2026).

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A garnishee summons lapses and the garnishee is discharged of any liability upon the
expiration of three hundred sixty days after the service of the summons, or a longer period of
time either agreed to in writing by the plaintiff and the defendant or ordered by the court.
Immediately upon the lapse of the garnishee summons, all earnings, money, property, and
effects that the garnishee has been retaining pursuant to the garnishment must be returned to
the defendant if the defendant is otherwise legally entitled to receipt of them.

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A garnishee summons lapses and the garnishee is discharged of any liability upon the
expiration of three hundred sixty days after the service of the summons, or a longer period of
time either agreed to in writing by the plaintiff and the defendant or ordered by the court.
Immediately upon the lapse of the garnishee summons, all earnings, money, property, and
effects that the garnishee has been retaining pursuant to the garnishment must be returned to
the defendant if the defendant is otherwise legally entitled to receipt of them.