26-2-204 - Examination of garnishee Answer. - Tennessee Statutes

26-2-204. Examination of garnishee Answer.

(a)  The garnishee may be required to answer under oath:

     (1)  Whether such garnishee is, or was at the time of the garnishment, indebted to the defendant; if so, how and to what amount;

     (2)  Whether such garnishee had in possession or under such garnishee's control any property, debts, or effects belonging to the defendant, at the time of serving the notice, or has at the time of answering, or has had at any time between the date of service and the time of answering; if so the kind and amount;

     (3)  Whether there are, to such garnishee's knowledge and belief, any and what property, debts, and effects in the possession or under control of any other, and what, person;

     (4)  Such other questions appearing on or attached to the original execution put to the garnishee by the court of the judgment creditor as may tend to elicit the information sought.

(b)  The garnishee may appear and make an answer initially either in person or by filing a written answer.

[Acts 1978, ch. 915, § 23; T.C.A., § 26-233; Acts 1986, ch. 761, § 1.]