How long does it take for a credit card company to be able to garnish your wages?

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A credit card company cannot garnish your wages. A creditor must follow due process according to the laws of the debtor's resident state. Which means a lawsuit would have to filed, the case won, a judgment filed and granted and then the judgment executed. All states have laws that govern garnishment amounts. Some states such as Texas do not allow creditor garnishment at all. The average time it takes for a creditor suit to be filed and reach court is 15 months.

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