LCRLJ 65


65 (a) Garnishments

        Whenever the Federal Government is named as a garnishee
defendant, the clerk of the court shall, upon submittal of a notice
in the appropriate form by the requesting party, issue a notice
which directs the garnishee defendant to disburse any non-exempt
earnings to the court.

        Funds received by the clerk from any garnishee defendant may be
deposited into the registry of the court, or in the case of
negotiable instruments, may be retained in the court file.  Upon
presentation of an order directing the clerk to disburse the funds
received, the clerk shall pay or endorse the funds over the party
entitled to same.  Except for good cause shown, the funds shall not
be paid or endorsed to the judgment creditor prior to the
expiration of any minimum statutory period allowed to the judgment
debtor for filing an exemption claim.

        The party requesting the writ of garnishment shall supply a copy
of the notice to the garnishee defendant with a pre-addressed
envelope to the Court which has the cause number displayed thereon
and to the garnished party in the same manner as is permitted for
service of the writ of garnishment.  The notice to the Federal
Government employer shall be in substantially the following form.

[Effective Date:  09/01/98]



65 (b) Supplemental Proceedings

A. A judgment creditor may request, in accordance with RCW 6.32, a
supplemental proceeding or interrogatories to be served on a
judgment debtor.  The return date shall be scheduled for the civil
motion calendar.

B. If a judgment debtor fails to appear at a supplemental proceeding
when scheduled, and the  judgment creditor provides the court with
proof of service, the judgment creditor may request an order for
civil bench warrant by utilizing the Uniform Court Form Affidavit,
Order and Bench Warrant and by completing the pre-warrant vital
statistics information form.   The court will issue a warrant
calling for cash bail in the amount of the judgment, provided,
however, if the amount of the outstanding judgment is greater than
$250, the cash bail shall be $250.  For a bench warrant issued by
the court, the court shall require a $100.00 warrant fee, deducted
from the cash bail.  If the judgment creditor continues a
supplemental proceeding to a subsequent date, at which the judgment
debtor does not appear, a bench warrant will be issued only upon
proof that the judgment debtor has actual knowledge of the
subsequent hearing.


[Effective Date:  01/07/87; Amended 09/01/98]