HB238 Summary

• Adds Section 6-6-394.1 to the Code of Alabama to authorize alternative service of garnishment notices when initial service on a defendant fails or cannot be accomplished.

• Allows service by posting garnishment notices on the court's official website and a conspicuous courthouse location for four continuous weeks, with the last posting date at least five days before judgment of condemnation.

• Requires the court clerk to mail a copy of the posted garnishment notice to the defendant's last known address by regular U.S. Mail, with service becoming effective 28 days from the first website posting date.

• Establishes a $15 additional court fee assessed to the moving party at the time of filing the motion, with costs collectable from the defendant upon motion and waivable if the judgment amount is less than $25.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.