Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 3000 - JUDGMENTS
Subchapter D - ENFORCEMENT OF MONEY JUDGMENTS FOR THE PAYMENT OF MONEY
Rule 3145 - Interrogatories; procedure

Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 3145

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) The procedure between the plaintiff and the garnishee shall, as far as practicable, be the same as though the interrogatories were a complaint and the answer of the garnishee were an answer in a civil action.

(b) The garnishee in the answer under "new matter" may include

(1) the defenses of the immunity or exemption of property;

(2) any defense or counterclaim which the garnishee could assert against the defendant if sued by the defendant but the garnishee may not assert any defense on behalf of the defendant against the plaintiff or otherwise attack the validity of the attachment;

(3) any claim which the garnishee could assert against the plaintiff if sued by the plaintiff.

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