1-15-103(a)(i), the clerk shall issue one (1) or more writs of

1-15-103(a)(i), the clerk shall issue one (1) or more writs of prejudgment garnishment upon the filing by the plaintiff of the bond required by W.S. 1-15-104.

1-15-405. Issuance of writ of post judgment garnishment; multiple writs.

(a) After the entry of a judgment requiring the payment of money, the clerk of the court from which execution could issue shall, upon application of the plaintiff, issue one (1) or more writs of post judgment garnishment. The writ may be issued without the necessity for a bond.

(b) Several writs may be issued at the same time and the names of as many persons as are sought to be charged as garnishees may be inserted in the same writ or different writs.

1-15-406. Content of writ of prejudgment or post judgment garnishment; to whom directed.

A writ of prejudgment or post judgment garnishment shall be issued in the name of the state of Wyoming and shall be directed to the person or persons designated in the plaintiff's affidavit as garnishee. The writ shall advise each person that until further order of the court or until the garnishee has complied with the requirements of W.S. 1-15-407(c), he is attached as garnishee in the action, command him not to pay any debt due or to become due to the defendant which is not exempt from execution and to retain possession and control of all credits, chattels, goods, effects, debts, choses in action, money and personal property and rights to property of the defendant not exempt from execution.

1-15-407. Answer of garnishee; release of garnishee.

(a) A writ of prejudgment or post judgment garnishment shall require the garnishee to file with the court a verified answer within ten (10) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, from the date of service of the writ. The answer of the garnishee shall state:

(i) Whether the garnishee is indebted to the defendant, either in property or in money, whether the same is now due and, if not, when it is to become due;

(ii) Whether the garnishee has in his possession, custody or control any credits, chattels, goods, effects, debts, choses in action, money or other personal property belonging to the defendant, or in which the defendant has an interest, and if so, the description and value of the same;

(iii) Whether the garnishee knows of any debts owing to the defendant or of any credits, chattels, goods, effects, debts, choses in action, money or other personal property belonging to the defendant or in which defendant has an interest, whether in the possession or under the control of the garnishee or another, and if so, the particulars thereof;

(iv) If the defendant is an employee of the garnishee, the defendant's job title, position or occupation, the defendant's rate and method of compensation, his pay period and the computation of the amount of the defendant's accrued disposable earnings attached by the writ;

(v) Whether the garnishee, pursuant to W.S. 1-15-417, is retaining or deducting any amount in satisfaction of a claim the garnishee has against the plaintiff or the defendant, a designation as to whom the claim relates and the amount retained or deducted.

(b) The garnishee shall mail a copy of his answer to the plaintiff and defendant if, at the time he is served with the writ, the garnishee is furnished with stamped envelopes addressed to the parties.

(c) The garnishee shall be released from the writ of garnishment not later than thirty (30) days after service of the writ on the garnishee, unless sooner released by order of the court, provided, that the garnishee has first filed with the court the verified answer required by subsection (a) of this section and delivered to the court all of the defendant's credits, chattels, goods, effects, debts, choses in action, money, personal property and rights to property not exempt from execution, in the possession of the garnishee or coming into his possession within thirty (30) days after service of the writ.

1-15-408. Garnishment of earnings for personal services.

(a) A writ of post judgment garnishment attaching earnings for personal services shall attach that portion of the defendant's accrued and unpaid disposable earnings, specified in subsection (b) of this section. The writ shall direct the garnishee to withhold from the defendant's accrued disposable earnings the amount attached pursuant to the writ and to pay the exempted amount to the defendant at the time his earnings are normally paid. A defendant's disposable earnings shall remain exempt to the extent provided in subsection (b) of this section if the earnings were deposited in the defendant's account with a financial institution within twenty (20) calendar days prior to service of a writ of garnishment against the defendant's account with the financial institution, on the day of service of the writ or within ten (10) business days after service of the writ. This subsection does not create any obligation on the part of a financial institution to conduct an investigation of the defendant's account or otherwise make any determination about a judgment creditor's rights to funds in the account other than the financial institution's obligation to file with the court and serve on the defendant an answer to the writ of garnishment. A judgment creditor may request that the court issue writs of garnishment to a defendant's employer and the defendant's financial institution at the same time; provided, however, that should the judgment creditor successfully garnish earnings as shown on a defendant's pay advice, then the remaining proceeds from such pay advice deposited into an account with a financial institution shall be entirely exempt from execution, notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section. Earnings for personal services shall be deemed to accrue on the last day of the period in which they were earned or to which they relate. If the writ is served before or on the date the defendant's earnings accrue and before the same have been paid to the defendant, the writ shall be deemed to have been served at the time the periodic earnings accrue. If more than one (1) writ is served, the writ first served shall have priority. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, an income withholding order for child support obtained pursuant to W.S. 20-6-201 through 20-6-222 shall have priority over any other garnishment.

(b) The maximum portion of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual which are subject to garnishment is the lesser of:

(i) Twenty-five percent (25%) of defendant's disposable earnings for that week; or

(ii) The amount by which defendant's aggregate disposable earnings computed for that week exceeds thirty (30) times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1), in effect at the time the earnings are payable, or, in case of earnings for any pay period other than a week, any equivalent multiple thereof prescribed by the administrator of the Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit Code in the manner provided by W.S.