Idaho Code § 11-701
Idaho Code § 11-701. Reproduced from the official Idaho Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 11-701.
definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1) "Continuing garnishment" means a garnishment of wages of the judgment debtor that continues, subject to the limitations found in section 11-705 , Idaho Code, until the debt is satisfied.
(2) "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld. This does not include amounts due to or received by a taxpayer in the form of an Idaho income tax refund.
(3) "Earnings" means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus or otherwise, and includes periodic payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program.
(4) "Financial institution" means any state bank, national bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, federal savings and loan association, federal savings bank or credit union, as those terms are defined in title 26 , Idaho Code, or any federal credit union organized under the federal credit union act, 12 U.S.C. 1751, et seq., or a state credit union organized under the Idaho credit union act in chapter 21, title 26 , Idaho Code. The term also includes any other institution that holds and receives deposits, savings or share accounts; issues certificates of deposit; or provides to its customers any deposit accounts that are subject to withdrawal by check, instrument, order or electronic means to effect third-party payments.
(5) "Garnishee" means a person or institution that is indebted to or is in possession of property, money or credits of a debtor whose property has been subjected to garnishment.
(6) "Garnishment" means a judicial proceeding in which a creditor or potential creditor asks the court to order a third party who is indebted to, or is in possession of, property, money or credits of the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor’s property, money or credits held by that third party.
(7) "Wage garnishment" means any legal or equitable procedure through which the earnings of any individual are required to be withheld for payment of any debt.
[11-701, added 2017, ch. 303, sec. 9, p. 803.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Idaho Statutes § 11-701
- Jurisdiction: Idaho
- Code: Idaho Statutes
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