§653-7 Service on garnishee. Service of the copy upon the garnishee may be made in any of the manners here described, namely:
(1) If the garnishee lives or has an office in the district in which process is issued, by the officer's handing a copy to the garnishee in person or leaving it in the garnishee's office in charge of some deputy or clerk or other employees or attache of the office; or
(2) If the garnishee lives in a district other than that in which the process was issued, by an officer's handing a copy to the garnishee in person, or by mailing it in a sealed envelope, registered or certified, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, and addressed to the garnishee's home or business address. [L 1890, c 50, §5; RL 1925, §2850; RL 1935, §4296; RL 1945, §10327; am L 1955, c 197, §2; RL 1955, §238-7; HRS §653-7; gen ch 1985; am L 1992, c 82, §4]
Case Notes
Disbursing officer of senate may be held as garnishee. 10 H. 260 (1896).
Auditor, unless within exceptions, is properly a garnishee for purpose of sequestering salary of territorial employee. 33 H. 602 (1935).
Cited: 34 H. 328, 330 (1937).
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