If I close my bank account due to an impending attachment and I open another account, will the attachment from the old account follow the new account?
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If I close my bank account due to an impending attachment and I open another account, will the attachment from the old account follow the new account?
Asked on July 23, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, California
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Cameron Norris, Esq. / Law Office of Gary W. Norris
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
I am guessing that its the local Sheriff's Department that is exeucting a writ of execution. If you know of an impending execution (which I don't know how you know) the you should be able to move the funds to a new account. However, it doesn't really do you much good. If you have a judgment against you then the judgment creditor can just levy the next account after giving new instructions to the Sheriff.
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