Art. 3503 Garnishment under writs of attachment or of sequestration

When a court allows property to be seized through a writ of attachment or a writ of sequestration, and that property happens to be held by someone else (like a bank or employer), the process works basically the same way as regular garnishment under a writ of fieri facias. This means the same general rules and steps apply, even though the underlying reason for seizing the property is different.

There is one important difference when it comes to sequestration. If a plaintiff is using a writ of sequestration to garnish property, they can only seize property that they claim to own, claim the right to possess, or claim a legal privilege over. In other words, the plaintiff can't use sequestration to grab just any property from the garnishee. It has to be property directly tied to what the plaintiff is claiming in the lawsuit.