After a judgment has been entered against a debtor, the creditor has the legal right to garnish wages and/or bank accounts or attach any other asset to collect the debt. While a creditor may not garnish more than 25% of the debtors wages per pay period, there are no such limitations on how much a creditor may garnish from a bank account or other asset. However, the debtor may claim certain assets exempt from garnishment. The exemptions from garnishment can be found in The Maryland Annotated Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings 11-504. These include $6,000.00 in cash, in a bank account or in property of any kind whose value is $6,000; an additional $1,000 in household furnishings, household goods, clothing or other property used for household purposes for the debtor or a dependent of the debtor; an additional $5,000 in real property or other personal property. Once a garnishment other than wages is entered, the debtor generally has 30 days to file a motion with the court to claim the property garnished as exempt under Maryland law.