§ 1313.Debt or property subject to attachment; proper garnishee

Section 1313 is a bridge provision. It states plainly that any debt or property capable of satisfying a forfeiture judgment can be attached, without limiting the reach to cash or to property already in the defendant's physical possession. It then borrows an existing framework rather than building a new one: the proper garnishee for a forfeiture attachment is the same person or entity that CPLR 5201 recognizes as a proper garnishee for enforcing an ordinary money judgment.

To make that borrowed language fit the forfeiture context, the section directs that wherever section 5201 and section 105(i) refer to a 'judgment debtor,' that phrase should be read as 'defendant' for purposes of a forfeiture attachment. This short section does not describe how attachment works on the ground; it sets the baseline that sections 1314 through 1330 build on, covering priority among competing claimants, the mechanics of levy, garnishee duties, and how an attachment can be discharged or vacated.