TOP GARNISHERS IN MINNESOTA

The top 15 companies using Minnesota courts to seize bank account funds, wages and other property collected more than $200 million between 2005 and March of this year:

Company Total amount No. of cases

Capital One Bank $48,614,115 12,748

Midland Funding LLC $20,952,345 5,288

Dakota Bluff Financial $24,234,993 4,158

Discover Financial $29,302,205 3,433

Payday America $1,093,413 2,224

North Star Capital Acquisition $5,083,922 2,102

Unifund CCR Partners $17,468,845 1,842

MRC Receivables Corp $4,267,274 1,624

Ford Motor Co. $15,402,403 1,609

Wells Fargo $18,892,597 1,206

Asset Acceptance $5,603,216 1,190

Palisades Collection $3,650,163 1,135

Citibank $13,266,517 1,088

LVNV Funding $4,847,376 1,073

Target $5,469,943 980

Source: Minnesota Judicial Branch data; analysis by Star Tribune