{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1178.2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-1178.2","heading":"General garnishee summons - Affidavit - Garnishee's","body":"answer.\n\nA. Where the garnishment summons is not on earnings, is not for\n\nthe collection of child support and is issued under Section 1173.3\n\nof this title, then unless the garnishee shall make the affidavit\n\nprovided for in Section 1176 of this title, the garnishee shall,\n\nwithin ten (10) days from the service of the garnishee's summons,\n\nfile an affidavit with the clerk of the court in which the action is\n\npending and deliver or mail a copy thereof to the judgment\n\ncreditor's attorney or to the judgment creditor if there is no\n\nattorney. The affidavit shall state:\n\n1. Whether the garnishee was indebted or under any liability to\n\nthe defendant named in the notice in any manner or upon any account\n\nspecifying if indebted or liable, the amount, the interest thereon,\n\nthe manner in which evidenced, when payable, whether an absolute or\n\ncontingent liability and all of the facts and circumstances\n\nnecessary to a complete understanding of such indebtedness or\n\nliability. When the garnishee shall be in doubt respecting any such\n\nliability or indebtedness, the garnishee may set forth all of the\n\nfacts and circumstances concerning the same, and submit the question\n\nto 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\nB. 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":"9e1fa3e62513ea11d0b85489b336425b0035ad8e45c4ceeaa077e450867b165c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1178.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-12-12-1179"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}