{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1171","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1171","heading":"Right to garnishment - Classes of garnishment","body":"A. Any creditor shall be entitled to proceed by garnishment in\n\nany court having jurisdiction against any person whom the creditor,\n\nin good faith, believes to be indebted to the creditor's debtor or\n\nhas possession or control of any property belonging to such\n\ncreditor's debtor, in the cases, upon the conditions, and in the\n\nmanner described by law.\n\nB. Subject to the limitations and exceptions otherwise provided\n\nby law, there shall be two classes of garnishments:\n\n1. Prejudgment garnishments, which shall consist only of\n\ngeneral garnishments pursuant to Section 1173.3 of this title; and\n\n2. Postjudgment garnishments, which shall consist of the\n\nfollowing types of garnishments:\n\na. income assignment for child support pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of Section 1171.2 of this title,\n\nb. noncontinuing earnings garnishment pursuant to Section\n\n1173 of this title,\n\nc. garnishment for collection of child support pursuant\n\nto Section 1173.2 of this title,\n\nd. general garnishment pursuant to Section 1173.3 of this\n\ntitle, and\n\ne. continuing earnings garnishment pursuant to Section\n\n1173.4 of this title.\n\nR.L. 1910, § 4822. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 297, § 1; Laws 1989, c.\n\n236, § 1, eff. July 1, 1989; Laws 1995, c. 338, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,\n\n1995; Laws 2016, c. 248, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.","path":["OK Code","Title 12"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os12.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4d92de8f68a737eea26b7463c83f187fc4804cd101badc24ce6182e721c8294f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1170","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1171.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}