8-519 CLAIM OF EXEMPTION BY DEFENDANT. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 8

PROVISIONAL REMEDIES IN CIVIL ACTIONS

CHAPTER 5

ATTACHMENTS AND GARNISHMENTS

8-519. Claim of exemption by defendant. The defendant in the main action may, by proper pleading filed in the garnishment proceedings, set up any facts showing that the debt or the property with which it is sought to charge the garnishee is exempt from execution, or for any other reason is not liable for the plaintiff’s claim, and if issue thereon be joined by the plaintiff it shall be tried with the issues as to the garnishee’s liability, and if the property or debt, or any part thereof, is found to be thus exempt or not liable, judgment shall be rendered accordingly.