Title 18 · ORS Chapter 18
18.710. ����� (2) The court administrator shall provide the notice of a challenge required by subsection (1) of this section to: ����� (a) The garnishor. ����� (b) The garnishee, unless the court a
Citation: ORS 18.710
Section: 18.710
18.710.
����� (2) The court administrator shall provide the notice of a challenge required by subsection (1) of this section to:
����� (a) The garnishor.
����� (b) The garnishee, unless the court administrator knows that the garnishee has already delivered all garnishable property to the garnishor.
����� (c) The sheriff of the county identified in any notice delivered to the court administrator under ORS 18.755 (5). [2001 c.249 �31; 2003 c.576 �58]
����� 18.705 Duties of garnishor and creditor created by challenge to garnishment. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, upon receiving notice of a challenge to a garnishment under ORS 18.702, a garnishor who is a creditor must send to the court specified in the writ of garnishment all amounts received by the garnishor that the debtor has claimed to be exempt or not subject to garnishment, unless the court specifically orders otherwise.
����� (2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, if the garnishor is not a creditor, upon receiving notice of a challenge to a garnishment under ORS 18.702, the garnishor must promptly send to the court specified in the writ of garnishment all amounts received under the writ that have not been delivered to the creditor and that the debtor has claimed to be exempt or not subject to garnishment. The creditor must promptly send to the court specified in the writ all amounts that the creditor has received under the writ and that the debtor has claimed to be exempt or not subject to garnishment.
����� (3) Payments made to the court under this section must be in cash or by check made payable to the court. If the payment has not reached the court by the time of the hearing under ORS 18.710, the court administrator shall so notify the judge presiding at the hearing. If the court determines that any of the garnished money should be disbursed to the debtor and the payment has not reached the court by the time of that determination, the court may issue an order requiring that the garnishor or creditor appear and show cause why the garnishor or creditor should not be held in contempt. In addition to contempt proceedings, the court may require the garnishor or creditor to pay attorney fees under ORS 20.105. A court�s imposition of sanctions under this subsection does not limit any remedy otherwise available to the debtor.
����� (4) This section does not apply if the garnishor or creditor is not allowed by law to disburse the payment to the court.
����� (5) The receipt of a challenge to a garnishment does not affect the requirement under ORS