{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1178.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1178.1","heading":"Summons for collection of support - Affidavit -","body":"Garnishee's answer.\n\nA. For the purposes of this section, \"wages\" or \"earnings\"\n\nmeans any form of payment to an individual including, but not\n\nlimited to, salary, commission, or other compensation, but does not\n\ninclude reimbursement for travel expenses for state employees.\n\nB. Where the garnishment summons is for the collection of\n\nsupport and is issued under Section 1173.2 of this title, the\n\ngarnishee shall, within ten (10) days from the service of the\n\ngarnishee's summons or within seven (7) days after the end of\n\ndefendant's current pay period or thirty (30) days from the date of\n\nservice of this summons, whichever is earlier, file an affidavit\n\nwith the clerk of the court in which the action is pending and\n\ndeliver or mail a copy thereof to the judgment creditor's attorney\n\nor to the judgment creditor if there is no attorney. The affidavit\n\nshall state:\n\n1. Whether the garnishee was the employer of or indebted or\n\nunder any liability to the defendant named in the notice in any\n\nmanner or upon any account for earnings or wages specifying, as\n\napplicable, the beginning and ending dates of the pay period\n\nexisting at the time of the service of the affidavit and summons,\n\nthe total amounts earned in the pay period and all of the facts and\n\ncircumstances necessary to a complete understanding of such\n\nindebtedness or liability. When the garnishee shall be in doubt\n\nrespecting any such liability or indebtedness, the garnishee may set\n\nforth all of the facts and circumstances concerning the same, and\n\nsubmit the question to the court;\n\n2. Whether the garnishee was indebted or under any liability to\n\nor had in garnishee's possession or control, any property belonging\n\nto the defendant. When the garnishee shall be in doubt respecting\n\nany such liability or indebtedness, the garnishee may set forth all\n\nof the facts and circumstances concerning the same, and submit the\n\nquestion to the court;\n\n3. If the garnishee shall claim any setoff, defense, other\n\nindebtedness, liability, lien, or claim to such property, the facts\n\nand circumstances in the affidavit;\n\n4. At the garnishee's option any claim of exemption from\n\nexecution on the part of the defendant, or other objection known to\n\nthe garnishee against the right of the judgment creditor, to apply\n\nthe indebtedness or property disclosed;\n\n5. If the garnishee shall disclose any indebtedness or the\n\npossession of any property to which the defendant or any other\n\nperson, makes claim, at the garnishee's option the names and\n\naddresses of such other claimants and, so far as known, the nature\n\nof the claims; and\n\n6. That the garnishee has mailed or hand-delivered a copy of\n\nthe notice of garnishment and exemptions, application for hearing,\n\nand the manner and date of compliance.\n\nC. The answer of the garnishee shall be on a form prescribed by\n\nthe Oklahoma Bar Association. The Administrative Office of the\n\nCourts shall provide public access to the garnishee's answer by\n\nproviding a link to the form on the Oklahoma State Courts Network\n\n(OSCN) website.","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":"8cf5c35b7034cd1dfd981c6caa4188e95c3f0911c9690623fdc7f861636c215a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1178","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1178.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}