SB 781 Text

Senate Bill No. 781
(By Senators Helmick, Sharpe, Plymale, Chafin, Prezioso
Edgell, Love, Bailey, Bowman, McCabe, Unger, Sypolt,
Fanning, Facemyer, Boley, Sprouse and Guills)
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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
reported February 21, 2008.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §38-5A-4 and §38-5A-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §38- 5B-4 of said code, all relating to service of suggestee execution and notice.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §38-5A-4 and §38-5A-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; and that §38-5B-4 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5A. SUGGESTIONS OF SALARY AND WAGES OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT.

§38-5A-4. Notice to judgment debtor; time for service on suggestee; fee.

A certified copy of an execution issued under this article against salary or wages shall be served upon the judgment debtor. Such service shall be made by the court or the clerk of the court who issued the execution by mailing the copy to the judgment debtor or his or her agent authorized to accept service of process by certified mail, return receipt requested. The day and hour of such mailing shall be clearly noted on the face of the original execution and the clerk of the court or the officer to whom it is delivered for collection shall not make service upon the suggestee until the expiration of five days from that time. ~~The fee for service of notice under this section shall be one dollar and an additional allowance for postage, certification fee, or other expenses incurred in effecting service.~~

§38-5A-5. Service of suggestee execution upon suggestee; payments in satisfaction of execution; action for failure or refusal to pay; payments to be made every ninety days.

(a) Service of a suggestee execution against salary or wages may be made by the clerk of the circuit court or the magistrate court clerk, as the case may be, by sending a copy of the suggestee execution to the suggestee by certified mail, return receipt requested, with delivery restricted to the addressee as provided by subdivision (1), section (d) of rule four of the Rules of Civil Procedure for trial courts of record. If the registered mail is unclaimed or otherwise is not accepted or is refused by the suggestee, then service of the suggestee execution shall be made in the same manner as a summons commencing an action is served, in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure for trial courts of record: Provided, That if the suggestee is located in a county other than the county where the suggestee execution issues, the clerk may mail the suggestee execution by first class mail to the sheriff of the other county for such service. If the service is made on a corporation, limited liability company or other person or entity through the Secretary of State, it shall be submitted along with the fee required by section two, article one, chapter fifty-nine of this code.
(b) If the suggestee served with the execution is indebted or will in the future become indebted to the judgment debtor for salary or wages then during the time the execution remains a lien on any indebtedness for salary and wages the suggestee is required to pay over to the officer serving the same or to the judgment creditor the percentage of the indebtedness required by section three of this article until the execution is wholly satisfied. The suggestee shall deduct the amounts paid from the amounts payable to the judgment debtor as salary or wages and the deduction of these amounts is a bar to any further action by the judgment creditor against the wages or salary of the judgment debtor.
(c) Once every ninety days during the life of such execution and any renewal execution, the suggestee upon whom the execution or any renewal execution is served shall pay over to the officer who served the same or to the judgment creditor the full amount of money held or retained pursuant to such execution or renewal execution during the preceding ninety days.
If the suggestee upon whom the execution is served fails or refuses to pay over to the officer serving the execution or to the judgment creditor the required percentage of the indebtedness, as aforesaid, he or she shall be liable to an action therefor by the judgment creditor named in the execution and the amount recovered in the action shall be applied in satisfaction of the execution.
ARTICLE 5B. SUGGESTION OF THE STATE AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; GARNISHMENT AND SUGGESTION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS.

§38-5B-4. Notice to judgment debtor of execution against salary or wages; time for service on officer of suggestee.

A certified copy of an execution issued under this article against salary or wages shall be served by the clerk of the court who issued the execution upon the judgment debtor or his or her agent authorized to accept service of process, by certified mail, return receipt ~~requested, and delivery restricted to the addressee~~ requested. The day and hour of mailing shall be clearly noted on the face of the original execution and the officer to whom it is delivered for collection shall not make service upon the proper officer until the expiration of five days from that time.

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