A Practice Note explaining the key steps involved in filing and serving a nonwage garnishment to collect a judgment entered in a civil lawsuit in Illinois. This Note explains the basics of the statutory proceeding and how to prepare the necessary documents, initiate a nonwage garnishment, serve the papers on the garnishee and the judgment debtor, and obtain the appropriate relief. This Note also explains the garnishee's obligations when properly served with garnishment papers, and how a garnishee, judgment debtor, or third party can assert claims and defenses in the garnishment proceedings.