§ 5222. Restraining notice. (a) Issuance; on whom served; form;\nservice. A restraining notice may be issued by the clerk of the court or\nthe attorney for the judgment creditor as officer of the court, or by\nthe support collection unit designated by the appropriate social\nservices district. It may be served upon any person, except the employer\nof a judgment debtor or obligor where the property sought to be\nrestrained consists of wages or salary due or to become due to the\njudgment debtor or obligor. It shall be served personally in the same\nmanner as a summons or by registered or certified mail, return receipt\nrequested or if issued by the support collection unit, by regular mail,\nor by electronic means as set forth in subdivision (g) of this section.\nIt shall specify all of the parties to the action, the date that the\njudgment or order was entered, the court in which it was entered, the\namount of the judgment or order and the amount then due thereon, the\nnames of all parties in whose favor and against whom the judgment or\norder was entered, it shall set forth subdivision (b) and shall state\nthat disobedience is punishable as a contempt of court, and it shall\ncontain an original signature or copy of the original signature of the\nclerk of the court or attorney or the name of the support collection\nunit which issued it. If the applicable interest rate changes pursuant\nto section five thousand four of this chapter while a restraint is in\neffect, the judgment creditor shall issue an amended restraining notice,\nand include the date as of which the new interest rate applies, without\nleave of court as required under subdivision (c) of this section.\nService of a restraining notice upon a department or agency of the state\nor upon an institution under its direction shall be made by serving a\ncopy upon the head of the department, or the person designated by him or\nher and upon the state department of audit and control at its office in\nAlbany; a restraining notice served upon a state board, commission, body\nor agency which is not within any department of the state shall be made\nby serving the restraining notice upon the state department of audit and\ncontrol at its office in Albany. Service at the office of a department\nof the state in Albany may be made by the sheriff of any county by\nregistered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or if issued by\nthe support collection unit, by regular mail.\n (b) Effect of restraint; prohibition of transfer; duration. A judgment\ndebtor or obligor served with a restraining notice is forbidden to make\nor suffer any sale, assignment, transfer or interference with any\nproperty in which he or she has an interest, except as set forth in\nsubdivisions (h) and (i) of this section, and except upon direction of\nthe sheriff or pursuant to an order of the court, until the judgment or\norder is satisfied or vacated. A restraining notice served upon a person\nother than the judgment debtor or obligor is effective only if, at the\ntime of service, he or she owes a debt to the judgment debtor or obligor\nor he or she is in the possession or custody of property in which he or\nshe knows or has reason to believe the judgment debtor or obligor has an\ninterest, or if the judgment creditor or support collection unit has\nstated in the notice that a specified debt is owed by the person served\nto the judgment debtor or obligor or that the judgment debtor or obligor\nhas an interest in specified property in the possession or custody of\nthe person served. All property in which the judgment debtor or obligor\nis known or believed to have an interest then in and thereafter coming\ninto the possession or custody of such a person, including any specified\nin the notice, and all debts of such a person, including any specified\nin the notice, then due and thereafter coming due to the judgment debtor\nor obligor, shall be subject to the notice except as set forth in\nsubdivisions (h) a
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