The amount due on preferred labor claims that have not been finally disallowed by the court shall be considered a part of the sum due under any writ of attachment or execution in augmentation of the amount thereof and it shall be the duty of any person, firm, association or corporation on whom a writ of attachment or execution is levied to immediately pay to the levying officer the amount of such preferred labor claims, out of any money belonging to the defendant in the action, before paying the principal sum called for in the writ.
In any case it shall be lawful for a garnishee to pay over to the officer levying the writ any money held by the garnishee and the officer’s receipt for the money shall be sufficient quittance.
(CCP 1208)