Your Judgment Won’t Collect Itself — But We Can.
If the person who owes you money draws a salary, bonus, or commission from any employer in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, or Staten Island, that income can be reached through a legal income execution — and we know exactly how to get it done.
What Makes This Office Different
Appointed by the Mayor of NYC
Edward F. Guida Jr. holds Badge #14, a mayoral appointment — statutory enforcement authority no private collection agency can replicate.
Operating Since 1988
Our office was founded by Edward F. Guida Sr. and has served all five NYC boroughs continuously for over 35 years under the Guida name.
Regulated by NYC’s DOI
We’re overseen by the NYC Department of Investigation and the Mayor’s Committee on City Marshals — not a trade group, an actual government body.
All Five Boroughs Covered
Whether the debtor’s employer is in Midtown Manhattan or a contractor’s office in Staten Island, our enforcement authority covers the entire city.
Corporate Officer Income Execution in NYC
When the Debtor Has a Paycheck, There’s a Path Forward
A lot of judgment creditors hit a wall after they win in court. The debtor has no obvious personal assets — no real estate in their name, no accessible bank account — but they’re drawing a salary as an officer of a corporation. They show up to work every day. They get paid. And somehow, you’re still not seeing a dime.
This is exactly the situation that executive income execution is designed to address. Under New York law, any compensation paid to a person for their personal services — whether it’s called a salary, a bonus, a commission, or an officer’s draw — is subject to an income execution. The corporate title doesn’t protect the paycheck.
We work with judgment creditors across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island to enforce income executions against corporate officers and executives. If there’s a paycheck, there’s a process.
Garnish Executive Salary — NYC Marshal Enforcement
What Changes When You Engage a NYC Marshal
This isn’t a collection letter. It’s a legal enforcement action with real teeth — and a process that employers are required by law to follow.
- Salary, bonuses, and commissions are all reachable — not just the executive’s base weekly paycheck.
- Employers served with an income execution are legally required to withhold — non-compliance makes them personally liable for the amounts they should have remitted.
- The 5% poundage fee is paid by the judgment debtor, not by you — your out-of-pocket costs to initiate enforcement are nominal.
- Your judgment continues to accrue interest at 9% per year in New York, so the longer the debtor waits, the more they owe.
- The two-stage process often produces voluntary payment at Stage 1 — before the debtor’s employer ever gets involved.
- NYC civil judgments remain valid and enforceable for 20 years, so if your judgment is sitting idle, it’s almost certainly not too late to act.
Officer Garnishment NYC — What the Law Actually Allows
The Corporate Title Doesn’t Shield the Paycheck
One of the most common misconceptions we hear from judgment creditors is that a corporate officer is untouchable — that because their money flows through a business, it’s somehow protected. It isn’t.
New York’s CPLR § 5231 defines “earnings” broadly. It covers wages, salary, commissions, bonuses, and any other compensation paid for personal services. If an executive is drawing compensation from an employer — even if that employer is their own corporation — that income is subject to garnishment. The corporate structure protects the company’s assets. It does not protect the officer’s paycheck.
We’ve handled these situations across all five boroughs. A Manhattan-based LLC officer drawing a salary, a Brooklyn business owner paying themselves through their S-Corp, a Queens contractor running payroll through an incorporated entity — these are all reachable through the income execution process, and we know how to navigate each scenario.
Marshal Executive Garnishment — Five Borough Reach
One Office, Every Borough, Full Enforcement Authority
Our office is based in Corona, Queens — centrally located and accessible to all five boroughs via the Long Island Expressway, the Grand Central Parkway, and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. But our enforcement authority isn’t limited by geography. A NYC Marshal can serve an income execution on an employer anywhere in the five boroughs, regardless of where the creditor, the debtor, or our office is located.
That matters in a city where executives routinely live in one borough and work in another. A judgment creditor in the Bronx with a debtor whose employer is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan — we can serve that employer. A Staten Island creditor whose debtor works for a Brooklyn company — same answer. The five boroughs are one enforcement zone for our office, and they have been since 1988.
Executive Income Execution Process — NYC
A Clear Process From Judgment to Payment
Submit Your Judgment Documents
You provide the money judgment, the debtor’s employer information, and any relevant case details — we handle the rest from there.
Debtor Is Served First
The income execution is served on the debtor, giving them approximately 20 days to begin voluntary payments — often enough to prompt payment without involving their employer.
Employer Is Served If Needed
If the debtor doesn’t comply, we serve the employer directly. They’re legally required to withhold and remit — and we follow up until they do.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you garnish a corporate officer’s salary even if they own the company?
Yes, and this is one of the most important things to understand about executive income execution in New York. The fact that a debtor owns or controls the company that pays them doesn’t exempt their compensation from garnishment. Under CPLR § 5231, any earnings paid for personal services — salary, bonuses, draws, commissions — are subject to income execution. The corporate structure limits what creditors can reach inside the business itself, but it doesn’t protect what the officer takes home as personal compensation. We’ve handled exactly these situations across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, and the process works the same way regardless of ownership structure.
What happens if the executive’s employer refuses to comply with the income execution?
Employer compliance isn’t optional. Once an income execution is properly served, the employer is legally required to withhold the applicable amount from the debtor’s earnings and remit it. If an employer refuses or simply ignores the execution, they can be held personally liable for the amounts they should have withheld — that’s established under New York case law. This is one of the key reasons a mayoral-appointed NYC Marshal carries more weight than a collection agency sending demand letters. We have statutory enforcement authority, and employers throughout the five boroughs understand what that means.
Does income execution only cover base salary, or does it include bonuses and commissions too?
It covers all of it. New York’s CPLR § 5231(i) defines “earnings” as “compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise.” That’s the actual statutory language, and it’s intentionally broad. An executive who receives a modest base salary but a substantial annual bonus is still reachable — the bonus is earnings under the statute, and it’s subject to garnishment just like the weekly paycheck. This is a point that surprises many creditors, and it’s one reason executive income execution can be significantly more effective than people expect when they first come to us.
My judgment is several years old. Is it too late to pursue income execution against the debtor?
Almost certainly not. New York City civil court judgments remain valid and enforceable for 20 years from the date they’re entered. So if you won a judgment five, eight, or even twelve years ago and haven’t been able to collect, you still have time — and the judgment has been accruing interest at 9% per year the entire time. The longer the debtor has waited to pay, the larger the balance has grown. We regularly assist creditors across all five NYC boroughs who are enforcing older judgments, and the process is the same whether the judgment is six months old or six years old.
What does it cost me to hire a NYC Marshal for executive income execution?
Your out-of-pocket costs to engage our office are nominal — typically limited to filing and service fees. The marshal’s primary compensation is a 5% poundage fee, and that fee is paid by the judgment debtor on top of the judgment amount, not deducted from your recovery. This is a point that often surprises creditors who assume they’ll be paying a large upfront fee or a percentage of what’s collected. The fee structure is set by New York law, not by individual negotiation, and it’s designed so that the cost of enforcement falls on the person who owes the debt — not the person trying to collect it.
What if the debtor changes jobs or moves to a different borough after the execution is served?
A change in employment doesn’t end the execution — it means we re-serve it on the new employer. Our office has the authority to enforce income executions against employers anywhere in the five boroughs, so whether the debtor’s new employer is in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, or Staten Island, we can reach them. Employment changes are a common tactic debtors use to delay collection, and it’s something we’re experienced in managing. If the debtor is still earning income from a New York employer, the income execution follows them. The key is staying on top of it, and that’s exactly what our office does.
Call us at (718) 779-2134 or email us at guidajr@nycmarshal14.com to see how we can help you.