Va. Code § 8.01-512.3
Any garnishment issued pursuant to § 8.01-511 shall be in the following form:
GARNISHMENT SUMMONS
(Court Name)
(Name, address and telephone number of judgment creditor except that when the judgment creditor's attorney's name, address and telephone number appear on the summons, only the creditor's name shall be used.)
(Name, address and telephone number of judgment creditor's attorney)
(Name, street address and social security number of judgment debtor)
(Name and street address of garnishee)
______________________________ Hearing Date and Time
This is a garnishment against (check only one of the designations below):
[ ] wages, salary, or other compensation. | [ ] some other debt due or property of the judgment debtor. | |
MAXIMUM PORTION OF DISPOSABLEEARNINGS SUBJECT TO GARNISHMENT | STATEMENT | |
[ ] Support | Judgment Principal | $________ |
[ ] 50% [ ] 55% [ ] 60% [ ] 65% | Credits | $________ |
(if not specified, then 50%) | Interest | $________ |
[ ] state taxes, 100% | Judgment Costs | $________ |
If none of the above is checked, | Attorney's Fees | $________ |
then § 34-29 (a) applies. | Garnishment Costs | $________ |
TOTAL BALANCE DUE | $________ | |
The garnishee shall rely on this amount. |
________________________________________Date of Judgment
TO ANY AUTHORIZED OFFICER: You are hereby commanded to serve this summons on the judgment debtor and the garnishee.
TO THE GARNISHEE: You are hereby commanded to
As garnishee, you shall withhold from the judgment debtor any sums of money to which the judgment debtor is or may be entitled from you during the period between the date of service of this summons on you and the date for your appearance in court, subject to the following limitations:
If a garnishment summons is served on an employer having 1,000 or more employees, then money to which the judgment debtor is or may be entitled from his or her employer shall be considered those wages, salaries, commissions, or other earnings which, following service on the garnishee-employer, are determined and are payable to the judgment debtor under the garnishee-employer's normal payroll procedure with a reasonable time allowance for making a timely return by mail to this court.
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Date of Issuance of Summons
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Clerk
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Date of delivery of writ of fieri facias to sheriff if different from date of issuance of this summons.
"The following statement is not the law but is an interpretation of the law which is intended to assist those who must respond to this garnishment. You may rely on this only for general guidance because the law itself is the final word. (Read the law, § 34-29 of the Code of Virginia, for a full explanation. A copy of § 34-29 is available at the clerk's office. If you do not understand the law, call a lawyer for help.)
An employer may take as much as 25 percent of an employee's disposable earnings to satisfy this garnishment. But if an employee makes the minimum wage or less for his week's earnings, the employee will ordinarily get to keep 40 times the minimum hourly wage."
But an employer may withhold a different amount of money from that above if:
"Disposable earnings" means the money an employee makes after taxes and after other amounts required by law to be withheld are satisfied. Earnings can be salary, hourly wages, commissions, bonuses, or otherwise, whether paid directly to the employee or not. After those earnings are in the bank for 30 days, they are not considered earnings any more.
If an employee tries to transfer, assign, or in any way give his earnings to another person to avoid the garnishment, it will not be legal; earnings are still earnings.
An employee cannot be fired because he is garnished for one debt.
Financial institutions that receive an employee's paycheck by direct deposit do not have to determine what part of a person's earnings can be garnished.
Va. Code § 8.01-512.3