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Judgment Interest: Amount in contract or judge decides if no amount is named. 

Domestic Judgment Statute of Limitations:  7 years

Foreign Judgment Statute of Limitations: 7 years (3 if resident)

Wage Garnishment: Yes

General Wage Garnisment Exemptions:

Federal Law exempts from garnishment 75% of disposable earnings per week,
or an amount = to 30 x federal minimum hourly wage, whichever is greater.
Where federal law provides larger exemption, it supersedes any state law.

Community Property State: No


 

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