§ 684.310.Inapplicability to Wage Garnishment
Title 9. Enforcement of Judgments · Division 1 · Chapter 4. Manner of Service of Writs, Notices, and Other Papers · Article 4. Application of Chapter · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026
Full Text of § 684.310
Plain-English Summary
Wage garnishment runs on its own service rules found in the Wage Garnishment Law itself, so this section keeps this chapter's Articles 1 and 2 from overlapping with them. Service under Chapter 5 (commencing with § 706.010) of Division 2 — earnings withholding orders and related papers — isn't governed by the attorney-service provisions of Article 1 (§§ 684.010-684.050) or the general manner-of-service provisions of Article 2 (§§ 684.110-684.140).
Two provisions survive the carve-out anyway: § 684.130's requirement that the creditor supply the levying officer with correct name and address information (with the extra declaration for personal-debt judgments), and § 684.140's permission mechanism for private service by the person a paper favors. Both keep applying to wage garnishment service even though the rest of Articles 1 and 2 don't.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do the attorney-service rules in Article 1 apply to wage garnishment?
Does the general manner-of-service article apply to wage garnishment either?
Generally no, except for §§ 684.130 and 684.140, which continue to apply even to wage garnishment service.
Why do §§ 684.130 and 684.140 still apply?
Because this section expressly excepts them from the exclusion, keeping the correct-address requirement and the private-service permission mechanism in force for wage garnishment.
Amendment History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.