{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2716.01","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2716.01","heading":"Garnishing personal earnings or property of judgment debtor.","body":"(A) A person who obtains a judgment against another person may garnish the personal earnings of the person against whom judgment was obtained only through a proceeding in garnishment of personal earnings and only in accordance with this chapter.\n(B) A person who obtains a judgment against another person may garnish the property, other than personal earnings, of the person against whom judgment was obtained, if the property is in the possession of a person other than the person against whom judgment was obtained, only through a proceeding in garnishment and only in accordance with this chapter.\n(C) As used in this chapter:\n(1) \"Employer\" means a person who is required to withhold taxes out of payments of personal earnings made to a judgment debtor.\n(2) \"Personal earnings\" means money, or any other consideration or thing of value, that is paid or due to a person in exchange for work, labor, or personal services provided by the person to an employer.\n(3) \"Judgment creditor\" means a person who has obtained a judgment in a civil action against another person.\n(4) \"Judgment debtor\" means a person against whom a judgment has been obtained in a civil action.\n(5) \"Support order\" has the same meaning as in section 3119.01 of the Revised Code.","path":["Title 27 Courts-General Provisions-Special Remedies","Chapter 2716 Garnishment"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2716.01","current_through":"2001-03-22 (Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:31Z","sha256":"413f9050668ffbcbfe47fbd8ec2e3317536bf500b38385c2772a64fa2bdbcacf","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2715.52","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2716.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}