KRS 532.162: Order as lien upon earnings -- Circuit clerk to disburse -- Fee.

(1) If the criminal garnishment is made upon the convicted person's earnings, the order

of garnishment shall be a lien upon the earnings from the date of service on the

garnishee until an order discontinuing the lien is entered. A convicted person may

challenge the garnishment by filing a challenge to the garnishment with the

sentencing court. The challenge shall be heard within ten (10) days of its filing or

the nearest court date thereafter. Before the hearing, garnishment shall continue.

Any moneys which the court determines were improperly garnished shall be repaid

to the garnishee not later than thirty (30) days after the determination.

(2) The circuit clerk's office shall disburse all collected reimbursement, restitution, and

fees to the victim, the Crime Victims Compensation Board, or the local

government, whichever is appropriate. The clerk shall be entitled to collect a fee of

two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) from each account for which a disbursement is

made at the time of disbursement. In the event of challenge to a garnishment, the

appropriate clerk's office shall not disburse those sums associated with the

challenged garnishment until determination by the sentencing court regarding the

propriety of the garnishment.