§ 25-1017.Order of attachment; effect; lien of consignee; interest and other costs; how computed.

Section 25-1017 pins down exactly when an attachment, or garnishment, starts to bind property, and what a garnishee owes because of it. An order of attachment binds the attached property from the moment of service, not from some earlier or later point.

For garnishment specifically, the garnishee becomes liable to the plaintiff for property, money, and credits in the garnishee’s hands, or owed to the defendant, starting from the moment the garnishee is served with the written notice described in section 25-1011. That is true even if the debt the garnishee owes is technically payable at a nonresident defendant’s home address. One property interest stays protected regardless: if attached property is in a consignee’s hands, the consignee’s existing lien on it is not disturbed by the attachment.

The section also fixes how interest and costs get calculated. At the moment the order of attachment issues, all interest and costs due as of that date are computed as a fixed number, and anything accruing after that date gets stated on a per-day, or other specified, basis going forward. Once the garnishee delivers the attached property, the garnishee’s liability for interest and costs is capped at what the order specified — the garnishee owes no more interest or costs beyond that.