STJ reaffirms that the impenetrability of bank deposits does not apply to companies

the third class of the Superior Court of Justice reaffirmed that, as a general rule, bank deposits on behalf of legal entities For business purpose they are not protected by the unenforceability provided for in article 833, item X, of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The understanding was established in the judgment of a special appeal filed by debtors, in which the impenetrability of amounts in bank accounts of individuals up to the limit of 40 minimum wages was recognized, but kept the attachment on the amount of ownership of the legal entity, reinforcing that the 40 minimum wages cannot be extended indistinctly to companies, being directed mainly to the protection of natural persons.

Thus, the STJ concluded that the rule of unenforceability does not apply to the legal entity, considering the business purpose, and that protection aims to ensure the dignity of the debtor and his family, being intended for people Physical