IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

CIVIL DIVISION

:
:
Plaintiff	:
vs.	:	File No.
:
:
Defendant	:

Writ of Attachment of Wages, Salary or Commissions

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	:

County of Lehigh	:

To

Employer of Defendant
Name

You have been identified as the employer of the above-named defendant.

You are directed to withhold the wages, salary and commissions of the defendant in your possession to satisfy the judgment against the defendant.

You are notified that

An attachment of wages, salary and commissions has been issued; you are ordered to withhold from the wages, salary and commissions of the defendant an amount per pay period which does not exceed ten (10) percent of the defendant’s net wages, salary and commissions;

Net wages are all wages paid less only the following items: (1) any support payments made to the court, (2) federal, state and local income taxes (3) F.I.C.A. payments and non-voluntary retirement payments, (4) union dues and (5) health insurance premiums.

3.	The total amount attached is $ and the withholding must continue until the amount of the attachment is satisfied;

The attached wages shall be sent to the Lehigh County Clerk of Judicial Records-Civil Division within 15 days from the close of the last pay period in each month.

The check must

contain the name of the employee whose wages are being withheld,

be made payable to the Clerk of Judicial Records, and

be sent to

Lehigh County Clerk of Judicial Records

Wage Attachment Remittance

455 W Hamilton Street

Allentown PA 18101-1614

610-782-3148

5.	You are entitled to deduct each pay period from the money collected from the defendant employee the costs incurred from the extra bookkeeping necessary to record the transaction, not exceeding $5.00 of the amount of money so collected.

By law, you may not take any adverse action against the defendant because his or her wages, salary or commissions have been attached.

you shall send the following notice to the Clerk of Judicial Records-Civil Division if the defendant has never been or is no longer an employee:

I have received a Writ of Attachment in the following case:

v.	No.	of
Plaintiff
Defendant
Year
The following person	, has never been or is no longer an employee .

Date:

Employer

Michelle Graupner

Clerk of Judicial Records

Seal of the Court

By:

Civil Division	Deputy

(Rev 11/23)

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Rachel A Wotring

2023-11-09