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When a judgement is made against someone can they contact banks and ask if someone has an account there to garnish the bank account? My mom had a judgement against her and at the time of the credit card she was with a local bank. Since then she has changed banks so unless they call around there is no way for them to know where she banks is there?
Her wages are already being garnished by another company and I looked on casenet in Missouri and it showed that a garnishment was issued against her but the code is different from what they use for wage garnishment. Its the code they used to garnish my bank account when I was served.
Major illness is why this got so bad. We have cleared out her bank account just in case it was against it.

2007-02-11 05:29:35 · 7 answers · asked by slytherin_95 4 in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

7 answers

Banks are bound by government regulations. Under the Right to Financial Privacy Act, a bank is required to provide information when they have been served with a request for records by a government authority, as allowed by law. Bank that do not comply with the law can be fined.

When money is owed, that bank or business has the right, at the hearing, to obtain a list of banks the person may have an account with that could be holding assets. Additionally, those who money is owed to can apply to the courts to send notices to area banks to determine if a customer has accounts with that bank.

Despite your unfortunate fiinancial circumstances, banks and credit card companies as well as any business, are in the business of making money and recovering their loss from you is part of it.

The previous responder who said you could be held responsible for hiding funds was correct.

Perhaps you should work with the bank/collection agency/credit card company to settle for a portion of the amount owed.

2007-02-15 05:11:29 · answer #1 · answered by Elizabeth Ann 2 · 1 0

No lawyers do not search for the bank accounts. I work in the HR (human resource) division at my company and typically the court(s) send a notie to the person's employer that give notice that wages are to be garnished and for what amount.

2007-02-11 05:32:52 · answer #2 · answered by JesJ 4 · 0 1

Yes, they can. All they have to do is ask her. It's called discovery. If she doesn't tell the truth, she could go to prison. Since you aided & abetted her, you could go to prison too. Just do the right thing and pay the judgment.

2007-02-11 05:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by Fearless Leader 4 · 2 0

Jeremy Lee and Mike Hopkins asked the same question. You should read the answers side by side.

2016-09-19 13:19:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Yes they can. All they have to do is run a credit search.

2007-02-11 05:32:13 · answer #5 · answered by meathookcook 6 · 0 1

the courts have to be the ones to order that.

2007-02-11 05:35:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

no not at all

2007-02-11 05:32:17 · answer #7 · answered by aint i just sexy = * 1 · 0 2

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