Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Ohio

A credit card company is wanting to granish my wages. I have a federal tax lien on me. I live in Ohio. Can the credit card company garnsih my wages since I have a tax lien on me?


Asked on 6/18/11, 1:33 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Eric Willison Eric Eastman Willison

In Ohio, no one can garnish your wages until you have a judgment against you from an Ohio Court or a court from another state whose order has been adopted by an Ohio Court.

However, having a tax lien is not a protection against garnishments. While it is true that you can only have your wages garnished by one creditor at a time, the others will patiently wait their turns to get at your wages.

You may want to think about talking with a bankruptcy attorney to get what you owe cut down to size.

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Answered on 6/19/11, 9:29 pm


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