Bartholomew properly contested Gutzmore’s claim of exemption. The Alabama Supreme court has held that “a contest is the exclusive method of preserving a levy after a claim of exemption is filed, Kennedy v. Smith, 99 Ala. 83, 11 So. 665 (1892); and that a claim of exemption, unless properly contested, must be upheld and the levy or other process released. Totten & Bros. v. Sale & Co., 72 Ala. 488 (1883); Poole v. Griffith, 216 Ala. 120, 112 So. 447 (1927).” Ex parte Avery, 514 So.2d 1380, 1381 (Ala. 1987). Section 6-10-25, Ala.Code 1975, provides the method that must be followed in order to contest a claim of exemption from garnishment. Section 6-10-25 provides, in pertinent part: “A plaintiff, in person or by his or her agent or attorney, may contest a claim of exemption after 1997) (<HOLDING>). Because Bartholomew did not properly contest
holding that one letter sent a year prior to the filing of a motion to compel was insufficient to satisfy the requirement to confer holding that notice of judgment was insufficient holding that  1823e does not apply to a claim relating to a letter of credit a letter of credit is a liability not an asset holding that anonymous letter was insufficient to entitle petitioner to hearing holding that an unsworn letter was insufficient to contest a claim of exemption