CPLR 6204 · Article 62. Attachment
Discharge of garnishee's obligation
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§ 6204. Discharge of garnishee's obligation. A person who, pursuant to an order of attachment, pays or delivers to the sheriff money or other personal property in which a defendant has or will have an interest, or so pays a debt he owes the defendant, is discharged from his obligation to the defendant to the extent of the payment or delivery.
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