Saba v. Stroup

Opinion

STRANKMAN, P. J.

A judgment creditor garnished cash seized by a county sheriff during an arrest of the judgment debtor on an unrelated criminal matter. The judgment debtor claimed a public policy exemption for *1256property seized by law enforcement officers from an arrestee. (Emmanuel v. Sichofsky (1926) 198 Cal. 713, 715 [247 P. 205, 48 A.L.R. 580].) The trial court denied the debtor’s claim of exemption and ordered the cash released to the creditor. We reverse the order.

Facts

In 1991, respondent Nora E. Saba was renting a room at Nevada’s Kit Kat Guest Ranch where women “entertain guests…