Enforcement of Judgments

"Garnishment

The clerk of the court that entered a judgment shall issue a writ of garnishment if the garnishor files a written request stating that a judgment has been entered against the debtor and remains unsatisfied; that the garnishor knows or has good reason to believe that the garnishee is indebted to debtor, that the garnishee is obligated to make periodic payments to debtor, or that the garnishee has control or custody of property belonging to debtor; the requested return date or that a continuous wage garnishment is requested; and whether payments made by the garnishee shall be made to the court or to the attorney for the garnishor. MO. Rul. Civ. P. § 90.02.

All persons named as garnishees in the writ, or that have goods or money of the defendant not actually seized by the officer, and all debtors of the defendant, and others named by the plaintiff or his attorney shall be garnishees subject to garnishment, on attachment or execution. . MO. REV. STAT. § 525.010. Chapter 525 discusses garnishments in detail.

In the garnishment of wages or salary, state exemptions limit the amount that a judgment debtor can recover to 25% of the judgment debtor's gross pay during the garnishment period or, if the judgment creditor is the head of household, only 10% per the garnishment period. MO. REV. STAT. § 525.030

Additional exemptions are included in. MO. REV. STAT. § 513.430; MO. REV. STAT. § 513.440; MO. REV. STAT. § 525.030 "