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Wolvie,

Are you assuming that it is over cigarette taxes owed or are you SURE it is over cigarette taxes owed?

First thing for you to do is find out what the real issue is and make sure you are on the same page as the state. I have had clients come to me with garnished bank accounts because they failed to appear for a trial even though they had been served with process. Could this be the case? If there is a judgment against you, you are probably SOL, as are most of my clients that come to me in this situation.

However, as TD said, there usually is a limit on how much they can garnish out of a bank account in civil matters. In Maryland, they have to leave a person with a little over $3,000. However, that is for civil garnishments. If the police have frozen your account because of criminal activity, then that is a whole different matter.

How did you end up with such a negative balance of over $6,000? Is that the result of the garnishment or checks that you have written?

There are always a lot of questions when you talk to an attorney because we need to know the entire situation. Had to explain that to a client of mine a couple of weeks ago.

Anyway, I hope everything works out well for you guys.