They can levy bank accounts in most cases, they cannot garnish wages.
Its a legal order levy, from a creditor with a judgement or the IRS who are legally required to get a judgement and legal order before they levy your account, but they often just notify the bank and the bank turns over your money without a proper legal process.
Yes. The state allows the levy of bank accounts even those held jointly by judgment creditor(s).
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/levy
In Colorado it is possible for a debt collector to levy a bank account. It is necessary for the approval from a court in order for a debt collector to place a levy on the bank account.
Yes, the Court in one State can place a lien or even block account access on a bank account in another State.
The Bank of America branch address to mail an IRS levy to can vary by the state the levy is filed in. The court of the area where the levy is filed will give you the correct address to mail the levy.
If the creditor wins a lawsuit and receives a judgment the judgment can possibly be used as a bank account levy. This would depend upon state laws relating to how the bank account is established.
Ralph Levy was born on December 18, 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Parke Levy was born on April 19, 1908, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Yes there are attorneys in Anchorage, Alaska that specialize in bank levy law.
A court levy is actually put in place by a court, the bank is required by law to comply with the court. The reason the court may have put a levy on your account is usually due to an unpaid debt. I would contact your bank and try to find out the details. In most places, the bank is required to provide notification of a levy, but not until after the levy action has taken place.