Garnishment
The property attachment or execution in physical terms is according to the rules of the German Civil Procedure (ZPO) adjacent to the attachment of assets and other assets of a form of execution in the movable assets. The seizure of property is regulated in zpo ZPO, the seizure of claims and other assets in § § 828 ff. ZPO. The foreclosure of immovable property, in particular of land, is based on § § 864 ff. ZPO and the law on the foreclosure auction and administration .
Normally done garnishment tangible fact that the bailiff visits the debtor and moving with him things pledged, taking in official custody and later auctioned. The proceeds of the auction are then paid out to the obligee.
The non - attachable items mentioned in § 811 ZPO , for example prostheses, glasses or items of clothing, are protected from attachment . However, items that cannot be seized in themselves can exceptionally be seized by way of exchange or advance seizure .
From a statistical point of view, garnishment has become rather rare today. The most important type of attachment is the attachment of pecuniary claims by means of an attachment and transfer decision .
