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Subchapter III - Attachment and Garnishment of Wages, etc.


  • § 16–571. Definitions.
  • § 16–571.01. Enforcement of support orders by attachment or garnishment.
  • § 16–572. Attachment of wages; percentage limitations; priority of attachments.
  • § 16-572.01. Motion to exempt wages from garnishment.
  • § 16-572.02. Notice to judgment debtor regarding wage garnishment.
  • § 16–573. Employer’s duty to withhold and make payments; percentage.
  • § 16–574. Judgment creditor to file receipts, in court, of amount collected.
  • § 16–575. Judgment against employer-garnishee for failure to pay percentages.
  • § 16–576. Lapse of attachment upon resignation or dismissal of employee.
  • § 16–577. Applicability of per centum limitations to judgment for support.
  • § 16–578. Superior Court judgments; lapse; validity.
  • § 16–579. Payments by employer-garnishee where employee has no salary or salary inadequate for services rendered.
  • § 16–580. Quashing attachment where judgment obtained to hinder just claims.
  • § 16–581. Rules of procedure.
  • § 16–582. Attachments to which this subchapter is applicable.
  • § 16–583. No garnishment before judgment.
  • § 16–584. No discharge from employment for garnishment.
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