{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.4051","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4051","heading":"False answer by garnishee or agent; civil liability.","body":"Sec. 4051.\n\nAny person summoned as a garnishee or any officer, agent, or other person who appears and answers for a corporation summoned as a garnishee, who knowingly and wilfully answers falsely upon his disclosure or examination on oath is liable to the plaintiff in garnishment, or to his executors or administrators, to pay out of his own goods and estate the full amount due on the judgment recovered with interest, to be recovered in a civil action.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-4051","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"c31bd04d4202f1b25503605ded7459669582c19ed2af35fc00d5c17cec0a7ad9","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.405","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}