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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 38. Liens » Article 5B. Suggestion of the State and Political Subdivisions; Garnishment and Suggestion of Public Officers

§38-5B-1. Definitions

For purposes of this article: 1. The term "suggestee execution" shall mean an execution differing from an ordinary execution upon a judgment only in that it is directed against money due or to become due to the judgment debtor from the suggestee as therein set out. 2. The term "state agency" shall mean any department, […]

§38-5B-10. Priority of Suggestee Executions Over Assignments

An execution issued and served under this article shall have priority over an assignment filed with the proper officer subsequent to service of the notice required by section four hereof in the case of salary or wages and subsequent to service of the execution in any other case. This section is not intended and shall […]

§38-5B-11. Executions Against Claims Due Contractors on Public Works

An execution issued and served under this article shall, in the case of money due or to become due to a contractor on public work, apply only to such sums as shall be payable to the contractor after completion and acceptance of the work. Certification of completion and acceptance by the officer or body whose […]

§38-5B-12. Exemptions

A judgment debtor to whom money is due or to become due which would otherwise be subject to suggestion under this article may have the same exempted from levy in the manner and to the extent provided by article eight of this chapter. In the case of salary or wages the exemption may be claimed […]

§38-5B-13. Accounting for Moneys Collected Under Suggestee Executions

It shall be the duty of the officer to whom a suggestee execution shall be delivered to account for and pay over to the person entitled thereto all moneys collected on such execution, less his lawful fees and expenses for collecting the same. In case of salaries, wages or other claims payable periodically, such accounting […]

§38-5B-16. Construction of Article; Effect on Existing Law

Existing law governing the presentment, audit and allowance of claims against the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision is not affected hereby and the provisions hereof shall not be deemed to permit payments in excess of appropriations not otherwise permitted by law. This article is remedial in purpose, however, and shall be liberally […]

§38-5B-5. Service of Suggestee Execution and Vacating or Modifying Order

An execution issued under this article against money due and owing or to become due and owing from the state, or a state agency which shall be payable on the warrant of the State Auditor for the payment thereof directed to the judgment debtor must be served upon the State Auditor at his or her […]

§38-5B-6. Vacation and Modification of Suggestee Executions

Either party may apply at any time to the court, if a court not of record, or the court or a judge thereof, if a court of record, from which such an execution shall have issued, upon such notice to the other party as such court or judge shall direct for the vacation or modification […]

§38-5B-7. Renewal of Suggestee Executions

A suggestee execution which shall expire wholly or partly unsatisfied may be renewed from time to time in the manner in which it was originally issued and for a like period. The renewal execution shall conform to the original save that it shall state in addition the fact that it is a renewal and shall […]

§38-5B-9. Payments in Satisfaction of Execution; Liability of Officer for Payment or Failure to Pay; Action Against Political Subdivision Failing to Pay; Declaratory Judgment as to Right Against State

It shall be the duty of the proper officer, after service of an execution under this article, bearing the notation required by section four of this article if directed against salary or wages, to pay to the judgment creditor such sums as may be or shall thereafter become due to the judgment debtor from the […]