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If the summons contains either the social security number or taxpayer identification number of the judgment debtor as it appears in the records of the garnishee, or the name and address of the judgment debtor as they appear in the records of the garnishee, the summons shall be deemed to contain information sufficient to enable the garnishee to reasonably identify the judgment debtor.\n\t\tIf the summons contains sufficient or accurate information to enable the garnishee to reasonably identify the judgment debtor, the garnishee shall (i) answer to the summoning court and further state what the garnishee’s records show as the last known address for the judgment debtor and any other information the garnishee deems relevant and (ii) send to the judgment debtor at the last known address a copy of its answer to the court.\n\t\tNo garnishee or creditor who proceeds under the terms of this statute in good faith shall be liable to any person therefor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272661,"text":"If a summons for the garnishment of property other than wages, salaries, commissions or other earnings does not contain sufficient or accurate information to enable the garnishee to reasonably identify the judgment debtor, the garnishee shall have no liability to the judgment creditor for failing to deliver the judgment debtor’s property in response to the summons. 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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 688<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278287,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75941,"identifier":"8.01-511.1","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-511.1","url":"\/8.01-511.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-511.1\/","token":"8.01\/18\/7\/8.01-511.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Garnishee inability to determine whether it holds property of judgment debtor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-511.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a summons<\/span> for the garnishment<\/span> of property other than wages, salaries, commissions or other earnings does not contain sufficient or accurate information to enable the garnishee<\/span> to reasonably identify the judgment debtor<\/span>, the garnishee<\/span> shall have no liability to the judgment creditor<\/span> for failing to deliver the judgment debtor<\/span>’s property in response to the summons<\/span>. If the summons<\/span> contains either the social security number or taxpayer identification number of the judgment debtor<\/span> as it appears in the records of the garnishee<\/span>, or the name and address of the judgment debtor<\/span> as they appear in the records of the garnishee<\/span>, the summons<\/span> shall be deemed to contain information sufficient to enable the garnishee<\/span> to reasonably identify the judgment debtor<\/span>.\n\t\tIf the summons<\/span> contains sufficient or accurate information to enable the garnishee<\/span> to reasonably identify the judgment debtor<\/span>, the garnishee<\/span> shall (i) answer to the summoning court<\/span> and further state what the garnishee<\/span>’s records show as the last known address for the judgment debtor<\/span> and any other information the garnishee<\/span> deems relevant and (ii) send to the judgment debtor<\/span> at the last known address a copy of its answer to the court<\/span>.\n\t\tNo garnishee<\/span> or creditor who proceeds under the terms of this statute<\/span> in good faith shall be liable to any person<\/span> therefor.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGARNISHEE INABILITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT HOLDS PROPERTY OF JUDGMENT DEBTOR\n(\u00a7 8.01-511.1)\n\nIf a summons for the garnishment of property other than wages, salaries,\ncommissions or other earnings does not contain sufficient or accurate\ninformation to enable the garnishee to reasonably identify the judgment debtor,\nthe garnishee shall have no liability to the judgment creditor for failing to\ndeliver the judgment debtor’s property in response to the summons. If the\nsummons contains either the social security number or taxpayer identification\nnumber of the judgment debtor as it appears in the records of the garnishee, or\nthe name and address of the judgment debtor as they appear in the records of the\ngarnishee, the summons shall be deemed to contain information sufficient to\nenable the garnishee to reasonably identify the judgment debtor.\n\t\tIf the summons contains sufficient or accurate information to enable the\ngarnishee to reasonably identify the judgment debtor, the garnishee shall (i)\nanswer to the summoning court and further state what the garnishee’s\nrecords show as the last known address for the judgment debtor and any other\ninformation the garnishee deems relevant and (ii) send to the judgment debtor at\nthe last known address a copy of its answer to the court.\n\t\tNo garnishee or creditor who proceeds under the terms of this statute in good\nfaith shall be liable to any person therefor.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 688.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}