District of Columbia Motion for Claim of Exemption and Request for Hearing

In most states, employers answer a writ of garnishment by filling out the paperwork attached to the judgment and returning it to the creditor or the creditor's attorney.

Unpaid income taxes. court-ordered child support. owed child support (arrears) defaulted student loans.

Section 15062 - Notice of Exemption (a) When a public agency decides that a project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061, and the public agency approves or determines to carry out the project, the agency may, file a notice of exemption. The notice shall be filed, if at all, after approval of the project.

Cases must be filed by submitting forms called 'Statement of Claim' and 'Information Sheet' in the Small Claims Clerk's Office. The Small Claims Clerk's Office is located in Court Building B, 510 4th Street, NW, Room 120. The party who files the case is called the plaintiff.

To recover a security deposit. To recover unpaid rent after a tenant vacates a property. To recover for medical bills after an injury accident. To recover money spent to repair or replace damaged or destroyed personal property. To recover a relatively small, unpaid debt.

If you are served with a garnishment summons, do not ignore these documents because they do not directly involve a debt that you owe. Instead, you should immediately freeze any payments to the debtor, retain the necessary property, and provide the required written disclosure.

In most Virginia jurisdictions the fee is $12.00. Alternatively you may hire a private process server to serve the civil warrant on the defendant. Private service is usually more expensive than service by the Sheriff's office.

If your dispute is for slightly more than the limit, it may still be worth it to file a small claims suit.You won't be able to sue for the full amount, but you'll avoid the expense of a regular lawsuit. The small claims filing fee varies from state to state.