{"id":"WA-028","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jay Inslee","authority":"RCW 43.06.220(1)(h) and (2); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW","instrument":"Proclamation 20-49","title":"Garnishments and Accrual of Interest","dateIssued":"2020-04-14","effective":"2020-04-14 (immediately)","end":"2020-05-14 11:59 p.m. by its terms; extended by 20-49.1 through 20-49.15 (2020-2021)","startDate":"2020-04-14","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["judgment creditors and their attorneys","courts issuing writs of garnishment","garnishee employers and banks"],"clause":"[Proclamation 20-05 is amended to prohibit] certain garnishments statewide until 11:59 PM on May 14, 2020, as provided herein... [statutes on consumer-debt garnishment and post-judgment interest] waived and suspended in their entirety, until 11:59 PM on May 14, 2020... effective immediately and until 11:59 PM on May 14, 2020, I hereby prohibit the [issuance and service of writs of garnishment for consumer debt and the accrual of post-judgment interest on consumer debt judgments]","enforcement":"RCW 43.06.220(5)","functions":["SV servicing and collections","CT courts","CB"],"notes":"Consumer-debt collection through garnishment suspended for creditors, collection agencies and law firms.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/20-49%20-%20COVID-19%20Garnishment.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":234785,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WA","url":"/library/WA-028","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-028","citation":"Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-49 (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. WA-028)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-027","WA-026","WA-025","WA-024","WA-030","WA-019","WA-022","WA-031","WA-020","WA-016","WA-015","WA-013"]}