{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-425.506","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 425.506","heading":"Attachment or garnishment of earnings -- Priority -- Order.","body":"(1) An order of garnishment of earnings, as defined in KRS 427.005, shall create a lien\non all nonexempt earnings earned during the pay period in which the order is served\non the employer and during those succeeding pay periods which may be designated\nby the order.\n(2) Orders of attachment or garnishment of earnings shall have priority according to the\ndate of service on the employer, each inferior order taking effect as if served at the\ncommencement of the next succeeding pay period not subject to a prior orde r;\nprovided that no creditor shall cause two (2) orders to be served on the employer\nagainst the same employee in the same pay period.\n(3) The order shall be served on the employer in triplicate and shall have printed\nthereon an explanation of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the percentage of\nthe disposable earnings, as defined in KRS 427.005, exempted from the order by\nsubsection (2) of KRS 427.010, and the percentage to be forwarded to the court.\n(4) The order shall have printed thereon the following directions to the employer:\n(a) That a copy of the order shall be delivered to the employee, a copy retained by\nthe employer for his records, and a copy returned by the employer to the court.\n(b) That on the reverse side of the court copy shall be sta ted, under oath by the\nemployer, the gross amount of earnings and the nonexempt amount of\ndisposable earnings for the designated pay periods subject to the order. If no\nfunds are due, the reasons therefor shall be given.\n(c) That the court copy of the orde r and the nonexempt amount of disposable\nearnings shall be forwarded to the court.","path":["KRS Chapter 425"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18419","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:43Z","sha256":"641d74705edbe91f995ea567c45ab90ac15a84ec1e82ab40d4c9e606c57a35c2","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-425.505","next":"us-ky/krs-425.510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}