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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 532.168: Show cause hearing for failure to comply with criminal garnishment

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  1. KRS Chapter 532

order.

If a garnishee fails to comply with the terms of the order of criminal garnishment within

thirty (30) days after its issuance, the attorney for the Commonwealth may move the court

to order the garnishee to show cause why he should not be held in contempt. If the court

finds that the failure was willful or grossly negligent, the court shall find the garnishee in

contempt and shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs, in addition to any

contempt sanction it imposes.

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