Policy 3-022: Garnishments
- Purpose
- To define and outline the university policy toward garnishments.
- Definition
- Garnishment - A legal proceeding imposed by a court of law upon the university requiring payment to a third party of monies earned by personnel.
- Policy
- Individual's pay will be held upon receipt of a garnishment by the university until a court order is issued indicating satisfaction of the indebtedness or until ordered to surrender the monies to the court or its agent.
- Garnishments or threats of garnishments are expensive to both the university and the individual and should be avoided.
- The university may not discharge any faculty or staff member because the faculty member's or staff member's earnings have been subjected to garnishment for any one indebtedness.
- History
Editorially revised April 5, 2022 to replace gender-specific pronouns.

Policy: 3-022 Rev: 1
Date: November 12, 1971
Date: November 12, 1971