Washington State Resident - Garnishment on Texas paycheck

[Amy F.]

I have a $6,000 judgment in the State of Washington District Court against an ex-tenant for damages done to my rental property in Washington State.  Ex-tenant works for DexYP based in Dallas, Texas.  There are no existing offices for DexYP in Washington state.  She used my rental property for her home office and was compensated by DexYP for doing so.  Ex-tenant and I are Washington state residents.

All payroll comes out of the Dallas Texas office.  I sent the Dallas office a copy of the judgment/garnishment paperwork and they signed for the documents in November 2018.  I've received no reply from Dex regarding the judgment. Since then I've done some research and found that Texas only allows garnishments for student loans, child support, and taxes. 

Does the Texas garnishment rule apply to all garnishments regardless of what state the judgment was awarded??   Or does the rule apply only to Texas state judgments AND Texas state residents??

Is my judgment worthless?  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you..

[Clydesmom]

10 hours ago, Amy F. said:

Does the Texas garnishment rule apply to all garnishments regardless of what state the judgment was awarded??

Possibly.  If she resides in WA you should be able to garnish her check even though it comes out of Texas.  My educated guess is that they did not respond to the garnishment because it is out of WA state.

10 hours ago, Amy F. said:

Or does the rule apply only to Texas state judgments AND Texas state residents?

It applies to TX residents but even a TX resident can have their paycheck garnished if they live in TX and their paycheck comes from a state that allows garnishment for civil debt.

I think the problem you have is you do not have a TX judgment.  First you need to domesticate the judgment there.  THEN you get a garnishment order from TX court stating the defendant is a resident of the state of WA that does allow wage garnishment and her check being issued from TX does not exempt her from that order.

10 hours ago, Amy F. said:

Is my judgment worthless? 

Maybe.  If you can find out where she banks you can levy her bank account.  That is not exempt in TX.  

Have you tried finding out who her boss is at the company and contact them and seeking resolution that way.  They may be 18 shades of ticked off that they paid for her home office and she misappropriated the money.

[Amy F.]

She doesn't have a bank account.  From what she told me in the past, DexYP gave her a debit card and every payday they loaded her money onto it.  I know this because when her rent was late she could only take $400 out per day from the ATM machine.  So no help there.  

[Clydesmom]

2 hours ago, Amy F. said:

She doesn't have a bank account.  From what she told me in the past, DexYP gave her a debit card and every payday they loaded her money onto it.  I know this because when her rent was late she could only take $400 out per day from the ATM machine.  So no help there.  

You are likely dealing with a professional deadbeat then.  That will make things much harder.  I would start by contacting a good attorney in TX for debt collection and find out what you need to do under TX law to garnish her paycheck.