South DakotaCreditors would pay a fee for debt garnishment paperwork
Creditors would have to pay for a required response about money available to pay a debt, or the garnishment proceeding would be invalid.
What it does
Creditors would pay a fee for a required response to debt garnishment papers. Nonpayment would invalidate that garnishment proceeding. The fee amount is unclear.
Argument forPayment could help people or businesses cover the expense of preparing a required response to papers seeking money to pay a debt.
Argument againstCreditors could lose their garnishment proceeding if they fail to pay the paperwork fee, even after receiving the required response.
More detail
The creditor would have to pay the person or business preparing the required garnishment response. This applies to people or businesses served with garnishment papers requiring a response about money available to pay a debt. The payment would count as part of the creditor's court costs. Without payment, the garnishment proceeding would be invalid. The fee amount is unclear because deletion marks are missing from the competing dollar amounts. Payment would be required when the creditor receives the garnishment response.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 3Senate Do Pass Amended , Failed, YEAS 16, NAYS 18 S.J. 446Latest
- Vote recorded Do Pass Amended. Result: fail.Upper
- Feb 26Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Do Pass Amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1179AMajor
- Feb 26Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- Feb 24Scheduled for hearing
- Feb 9First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 221Minor
- Feb 6House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 4 H.J. 247Passed House
- Vote recorded Do Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 238
- Feb 4Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 10
- Vote recorded Do Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 H.J. 10Minor
- Feb 4Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- Jan 28First read in House and referred to House Judiciary H.J. 164Introduced
- Mar 3Senate Do Pass Amended , Failed, YEAS 16, NAYS 18 S.J. 446Latest
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