{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-425.521","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 425.521","heading":"Procedure if garnishee indebted to defendant.","body":"If a garnishee, or officer of a corporation summoned as a garnishee, appear in person, he\nmay be examined on oath; and, if it be discovered on such examination that, at the service\nof the order of attachment upon him, he or the corporation was possessed of  any property\nof the defendant, or was indebted to him, the court may order the delivery of such\nproperty, and the payment, or security for the payment, of the sum owing by the\ngarnishee, into court, or to such person as it may direct --who shall give bond,  with\nsecurity, for the same; or the court may permit the garnishee to retain the property or the\nsum owing upon the execution of a bond with one (1) or more sufficient sureties, to the\neffect that the sum shall be paid, or the property be forthcoming, as the court may direct.\nPerformance of such bonds, for the forthcoming of property, may be enforced, as in cases\nof contempt; upon such bonds for payment of money, execution may be issued as upon\nreplevin bonds.","path":["KRS Chapter 425"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=18425","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:43Z","sha256":"9531a1bbddf661e2041925c2abb655c97a05d7ced6a55298e3cc32db102b79a7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-425.520","next":"us-ky/krs-425.526"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}