Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 812.14 (2026)
Answer conclusive if no reply by plaintiff; procedure following reply
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812.14(1)(1) The answer of the garnishee shall be taken as true unless the plaintiff, within 20 days after the receipt of the answer of the garnishee, serves a reply upon the garnishee.
812.14(2)(2) Upon service of the reply, issue shall be joined between the plaintiff and garnishee, and the parties shall thereupon proceed as in ordinary civil actions.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1980–2018 · leading case: Hometown Bank v. Acuity Ins., 2008 WI App 48 (Wis. Ct. App. 2008).
Hometown Bank v. Acuity Ins., 2008 WI App 48 (Wis. Ct. App. 2008). “See Wis. Stat. § 812.14 (2). ¶ 3. Hometown's garnishment action was based on the belief that Jungwirth made some repairs to a Milwaukee public school building as a subcontractor for Wisconsin Restoration, Inc.”
Beck v. BidRX, LLC, 918 N.W.2d 96 (Wis. Ct. App. 2018). “§ 812.14(1) - (2). In paragraph 5 of the reply, the Becks added fraudulent transfer as a ground for recovery: [T]he Garnishee, Fiscal Intermediary Third Party Funds Services, LLC.”
Kenosha Hosp. & Med. Ctr. v. Garcia, 2004 WI 105 (Wis. 2004). “Statutes exist in other jurisdictions imposing liability on the garnishee for a debtor's debt that are similar to Wis. Stat. § 812.14 . See, e.g., Wash. Rev.”
Wisconsin Nat. Gas Co. v. Kletsch, 291 N.W.2d 640 (Wis. Ct. App. 1980). “7 The garnishee contends that the judgment against it is “void” because the plaintiff failed to serve a reply to the garnishee answer, as required by sec. 812.14, Stats., if an answer is disputed.”
— Wis. Stat. § 812.14(1) — 1 case
Beck v. BidRX, LLC, 918 N.W.2d 96 (Wis. Ct. App. 2018). “§ 812.14(1) - (2). In paragraph 5 of the reply, the Becks added fraudulent transfer as a ground for recovery: [T]he Garnishee, Fiscal Intermediary Third Party Funds Services, LLC.”
— Wis. Stat. § 812.14(2) — 1 case
Wisconsin Nat. Gas Co. v. Kletsch, 291 N.W.2d 640 (Wis. Ct. App. 1980). “7 The garnishee contends that the judgment against it is “void” because the plaintiff failed to serve a reply to the garnishee answer, as required by sec. 812.14, Stats., if an answer is disputed.”
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