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(Revised 7/05)
File Stamp Date Case Number ________ Prepared by: Filer's name, SC# Filer's address Filer's phone number {Filer's fax phone number} {Filer's e-mail address} Attorney for Judgment Creditor

In The District Court of ______ County, Kansas

Judgment Creditor name vs. Judgment Debtor name Judgment Debtor address

Judgment Creditor Case No. ______ Judgment Debtor

Garnishee name Garnishee Garnishee's address Garnishee's county {Garnishee's fax phone number (if known)} {Garnishee's e-mail address (if known)} Pursuant to Chapter 60 of Kansas Statutes Annotated ANSWER OF GARNISHEE (To Attach Money or Other Intangible Property Other Than Earnings) To be completed by the above named garnishee: 1. Read carefully the attached Instructions to Garnishee. 2. I was served with this garnishment on the _____ day of _______________, _____. 3. I have not delivered to the judgment debtor any money or other intangible property belonging to him or her, other than earnings, since receiving the order of garnishment. 4. If I am a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or finance company, and I am holding any funds, credits or indebtedness belonging to or owing the judgment debtor, the amount to be withheld by me pursuant to this order shall not exceed $__________________________. 5. Money or Indebtedness Due. I hold money or am indebted to the judgment debtor, other than for earnings, as of the date of this answer, in the following manner and amounts:

6. To be answered by garnishee who is an executor or administrator of an estate. I am an ____________________ of the estate of _______________________________________, containing funds or intangible property to which the judgment debtor is or may become entitled as a ___________________________, and I understand that the order of garnishment has the effect of attaching and creating a first and prior lien on all such funds or intangible property to which the judgment debtor becomes entitled upon distribution to the estate and that I am prohibited from delivering to the judgment debtor any such funds or intangible property until further order of the Court from which the order of garnishment was issued. The approximate date for distributing the assets of the estate is _____________________, _____. 7. I am holding from funds, credits or indebtedness due the judgment debtor an administrative fee in the amount of $_____________. See attached Instructions to Garnishee for amount of the administrative fee that can be retained. 8. _____ This account is owned in joint tenancy. 9. I will hold the above described moneys or other items in my possession until further order from the court or until this garnishment is released by the court or the Judgment Creditor. If I do not receive an order to pay from the court within 60 days following the date my Answer is received by the court, I may release the funds or property I am holding pursuant to my Answer. Pursuant to K.S.A. 53-601, as amended, I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. EXECUTED on ___________________, _________.

______________________________ Garnishee THIS COMPLETED ANSWER OF GARNISHEE MUST BE FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT.

INSTRUCTIONS TO GARNISHEE (To Attach Other Than Earnings) You must complete the Answer form which accompanies these instructions within 10 days after the garnishment order is served on you. The Answer form covers two (2) types of property: (1) Money, funds, credits or other indebtedness you owe to the judgment debtor (other than earnings). You must disclose on the Answer any money that you owe to the judgment debtor as of the date the order is served on you and any money that you owe to the judgment debtor up until the time you complete the Answer form. (2) Intangible property or funds of an estate in which the judgment debtor is a beneficiary under the estate. If you are an executor or administrator of the estate, you must disclose the information about the estate required on the Answer form and not deliver to the judgment debtor any such intangible property or funds until further order of the Court from which the order of garnishment was issued. If more than one of the categories above applies to you, then you must complete all sections of the Answer form which apply. Earnings are defined as compensation for personal services, whether called wages, salary, commission, bonus or otherwise, which is paid to an employee. If the judgment debtor is an employee of yours, then the compensation you pay for personal services is earnings and you do not disclose this under category 1. If the judgment debtor works for you other than as an employee, such as under a contract or as a contractor, then the money you pay for the work is not earnings and you must disclose all of the money due the judgment debtor in category 1 above. Joint Account. If you are a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or finance company and you hold funds or credits or are indebted to the judgment debtor on an account which the judgment debtor owns in joint tenancy with one or more individuals who are not subject to the garnishment, you shall withhold the entire amount sought by the garnishment. You shall not be liable to the joint owners if it is later determined that the judgment debtor does not own the funds. Administrative Fee: From funds, credits or indebtedness due the judgment debtor, you may withhold and retain to defray your costs an administrative fee of $10 for each garnishment order served on you that attaches funds, credits or indebtedness. Such administrative fee shall be in addition to the amount required to be withheld under the order for garnishment, except that if the amount required to be withheld under the order for garnishment is greater than the amount of the funds, credits or indebtedness held by the garnishee, the fee shall be deducted from the amount withheld. If you are a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or finance company, and are holding any funds, credits or indebtedness belonging to or owing the judgment debtor, the amount to be withheld by you pursuant to the order shall not exceed the amount stated in the order. Sign and date the Answer form under penalty of perjury on the line provided at the bottom of the form and file it with the clerk of the district court at the following address: ____________________________________________________________________________. Hold the money or property disclosed in the Answer form until you receive an order from the court which will instruct you how to pay the amount that you are holding as indicated by your Answer or such lesser amount as may be indicated in the order, or until this garnishment is released. This garnishment may be released in full by the court or the Judgment Creditor.

If you do not receive an order to pay within 60 days following the date your Answer is received by the court, you may release the funds or property you are holding pursuant to your Answer.