North Dakota laws permit creditors to garnish debtors' wages for unpaid debts. Garnishment is typically a court-ordered process where a court orders a debtor's employer (the garnishee) to withhold portions of the debtor's wages and pay that money to a creditor to help satisfy a debt. In some cases, however, garnishment can be done administratively, without a court order. In North Dakota, the four main types of entities that garnish wages are creditors, tax collectors, custodial parents in divorces and the Department of Education for delinquent...