Arizona Revised Statutes
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 12-1601 (2026)
Salaries subject to garnishment
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The salaries of officers, deputies, clerks and employees of the state or its political subdivisions shall be subject to garnishment as provided in this article, and such garnishment shall not be construed as against public policy.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1967–1992 · leading case: City of Phoenix v. Collar, Williams & White Eng'g, Inc., 472 P.2d 479 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1970).
City of Phoenix v. Collar, Williams & White Eng'g, Inc., 472 P.2d 479 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1970). “See A.R.S. § 12-1601. We answer the question in the negative.”
State v. Peruskov, 800 P.2d 15 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). “The statute allowing the state to be garnished is A.R.S. § 12-1601: The salaries of officers, deputies, clerks and employees of the state or its political subdivisions shall be subject to garnishment as provided in this article, and such garnishment shall not be construed as…”
State v. Allred, 425 P.2d 572 (Ariz. 1967). “Thus it appears to us that when the Legislature provided that the State may be made a garnishee only in the situation when a state employee or official is the defendant in the main action, it necessarily meant to exclude the State from being made a garnishee under any other…”
State v. O'connor, 827 P.2d 480 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1992). “Vigliotto died while this appeal was pending and his personal representative was substituted as appellant.”
Funk v. Utah State Tax Comm'n, 839 P.2d 818 (Utah 1992). “Ariz.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 12-1601 (1988). Unlike § 78-27-15, the Arizona statute specifically states that “the salaries of officers .”
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