Garnishments, liens & protected pay

Identify the order before doing the math

An ordinary creditor garnishment, support withholding, federal nontax administrative order, tax levy and bankruptcy-related payroll direction do not share one rule. A recorded lien alone is not interchangeable with a wage-withholding instruction. Start with the actual issuing authority and document.

Official sources: 29 CFR 870.11: exceptions and competing orders · 31 CFR 285.11: federal administrative wage garnishment · IRS information about wage levies · U.S. Courts: bankruptcy cases and the stay

Disposable earnings is different from take-home pay

For ordinary CCPA purposes, start with covered earnings and subtract deductions required by law. Voluntary health/life premiums and employee retirement contributions usually do not reduce this base. A deduction can change a tax base without being deductible again for CCPA. Specialized employment/order rules need separate authority.

Official sources: DOL Fact Sheet 30: wage-garnishment protections · DOL Field Operations Handbook, Chapter 16

The federal ordinary-garnishment ceiling

For weekly ordinary garnishment, compare 25% of disposable earnings with the amount above 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage; use the smaller nonnegative amount. At the checked $7.25 federal rate, the weekly protected threshold is $217.50. This is a ceiling, not an instruction to withhold it automatically. State law may protect more.

Official sources: 29 CFR 870.10: ordinary garnishment limits · DOL Fact Sheet 30: wage-garnishment protections

Pay frequency changes the comparison

At the checked federal rate, the threshold is $435 for biweekly, $471.25 for semimonthly and $942.50 for monthly earnings. Biweekly and semimonthly are different intervals. Review the rule’s treatment of the actual payment period rather than dividing a monthly amount by two.

Official sources: 29 CFR 870.10: ordinary garnishment limits

Support orders use a different ceiling

Federal support limits generally range from 50% to 60% of disposable earnings depending on whether another spouse or dependent child is supported; qualifying older arrears can add five percentage points. The actual order, state rules, medical support and allocation between orders still matter.

Official sources: 29 CFR 870.11: exceptions and competing orders · Federal state income-withholding reference guide

Federal administrative debt has its own definition

For Treasury administrative wage garnishment, health insurance premiums are included in permitted deductions when determining disposable pay. The ordinary rule can therefore produce a different base. A single AWG generally uses a 15% limit plus its protected-pay test; other orders, notice and hardship provisions require separate review.

Official sources: 31 CFR 285.11: federal administrative wage garnishment · Treasury administrative wage-garnishment questions

A tax levy is not the ordinary 25% calculation

Use the applicable IRS wage levy and the year-specific Publication 1494. Its exemption depends on the statement’s filing status, dependents, payment interval and additional standard deduction. The current PDF says 2026 even though its revision is December 2025. No 2027 table is verified here.

Official sources: IRS Publication 1494: 2026 levy-exempt amounts · IRS information about wage levies

Several orders require an allocation review

The CCPA does not supply a universal first-to-arrive priority list. Compare order type, issuing authority, governing state/federal provisions, relevant dates, amounts already withheld and any applicable stay. Ask the issuing authority or qualified counsel to resolve a conflict; do not stack a full ceiling for every order.

Official sources: DOL Fact Sheet 30: wage-garnishment protections · 29 CFR 870.11: exceptions and competing orders · 31 CFR 285.11: federal administrative wage garnishment

A bankruptcy notice needs prompt, specific review

A bankruptcy filing can stay collection, while support obligations and court/trustee directions can have different treatment. Confirm the actual case notice, chapter, scope and instructions before changing payroll. A generic bankruptcy label does not justify stopping or continuing every deduction.

Official sources: U.S. Courts: bankruptcy cases and the stay · U.S. Courts: Chapter 13 basics

Protect the person and the audit trail

Handle notices privately and explain the pay-statement deduction without judging the employee. Federal CCPA protection applies to discharge over a single debt; state protections can differ. Keep the source, calculation, remittance and authorized changes traceable.

Official sources: DOL Fact Sheet 30: wage-garnishment protections

Alabama

Alabama court garnishment forms

State court forms and exemption notices; current form choice must be confirmed.

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Alabama

Alabama child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Alaska

Alaska collecting a debt guide

Court guidance on collecting a judgment, including execution/garnishment process.

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Alaska

Alaska child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Arizona

Arizona §12-1598.16 garnishment forms

Statutory earnings-garnishment forms and explanations.

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Arizona

Arizona child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Arkansas

Sebastian County district-court forms

Official county forms include a garnishment form. County procedure is not a statewide legal summary.

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Arkansas

Arkansas child-support withholding reference

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California

California wage garnishment self-help

Court self-help, employer withholding and exemption process.

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California

California child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Colorado

Colorado garnishment of wages

Judicial guidance and wage-garnishment forms.

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Colorado

Colorado child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Connecticut

Connecticut wage execution exemption/modification form

Official exemption/modification form. Reader access may differ from this research browser.

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Connecticut

Connecticut child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Delaware

Delaware Court of Common Pleas judgments

Court wage-attachment and judgment-collection guidance.

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Delaware

Delaware child-support withholding reference

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District of Columbia

D.C. §16-572 attachment of wages

Statute addressing wage-attachment limitations and priority.

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District of Columbia

District of Columbia child-support withholding reference

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Florida

Florida §222.11 wage exemptions

Official statute on exemption of wages from garnishment.

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Florida

Florida child-support withholding reference

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Georgia

Gwinnett County garnishment forms

Official county packets and statutory-form guidance; confirm filing court requirements.

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Georgia

Georgia child-support withholding reference

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Hawaii

Hawaii Chapter 652 garnishment

Official chapter index for garnishment statutes.

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Hawaii

Hawaii child-support withholding reference

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Idaho

Idaho claim of exemption

Official claim form includes wage exemptions; displayed revision 05/04/2020. Confirm required current packet with issuing court.

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Idaho

Idaho child-support withholding reference

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Illinois

Illinois 735 ILCS 5/12-803 wage deduction

Official wage-deduction exemption statute.

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Illinois

Illinois child-support withholding reference

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Indiana

Allen County small-claims garnishment forms

Official county reduction-motion and wage-withholder resources; not a statewide calculation rule.

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Indiana

Indiana child-support withholding reference

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Iowa

Iowa §642.21 exemption from net earnings

Official code section on earnings exemptions.

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Iowa

Iowa child-support withholding reference

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Kansas

Kansas §61-3507 earnings garnishment

Official 2025–2026 statute page; compare related definitions and orders.

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Kansas

Kansas child-support withholding reference

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Kentucky

Kentucky §427.010 exempt property and earnings

Official statutory exemption provision.

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Kentucky

Kentucky child-support withholding reference

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Louisiana

Louisiana R.S. 13:3881 exemptions

Official seizure/earnings exemption provision.

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Louisiana

Louisiana child-support withholding reference

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Maine

Maine Title 14 §3127 installment payments

Court installment-payment and earnings-protection statute; not a universal garnishment calculator.

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Maine

Maine child-support withholding reference

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Maryland

Maryland Commercial Law §15-601.1

Official wage-garnishment exemption statute.

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Maryland

Maryland child-support withholding reference

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts law about wage garnishment

Official Trial Court Law Libraries legal-source guide.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts child-support withholding reference

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Michigan

Michigan MC 14 garnishee disclosure

Official employer/garnishee disclosure form; check current stock and applicable writ.

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Michigan

Michigan child-support withholding reference

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Minnesota

Minnesota §571.922 wage levy exemptions

Official garnishment restrictions/exemptions statute.

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Minnesota

Minnesota child-support withholding reference

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Mississippi

Mississippi child-support employer guide

Official income-withholding employer resource. Ordinary-creditor state rule is not verified in this directory.

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Mississippi

Mississippi child-support withholding reference

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Missouri

Missouri §525.030 garnishment withholding

Official statute addressing exempt persons and withholding.

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Missouri

Missouri child-support withholding reference

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Montana

Montana §25-13-614 earnings of judgment debtor

2025 MCA official earnings exemption section.

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Montana

Montana child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Nebraska

Nebraska §25-1558 garnishment limitations

Official disposable-earnings garnishment statute.

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Nebraska

Nebraska child-support withholding reference

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Nevada

Nevada Chapter 31 attachment and garnishment

Official chapter includes §§31.295 and 31.2955 earnings rules.

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Nevada

Nevada child-support withholding reference

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire §512:21 list of exemptions

Official trustee-process exemptions statute.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire child-support withholding reference

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New Jersey

New Jersey wage-execution packet

Judiciary Special Civil Part wage-execution forms and instructions.

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New Jersey

New Jersey child-support withholding reference

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New Mexico

New Mexico Third Judicial District judgment guides

Official district-court page links collection guides before/after July 1, 2023. Select the guide matching case date; no statewide formula asserted.

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New Mexico

New Mexico child-support withholding reference

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New York

New York CPLR 5231 income execution

Official income-execution statute; review version and applicable subdivisions.

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New York

New York child-support withholding reference

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North Carolina

North Carolina §1-362 property execution

Official execution provision includes earnings-related protection; not a claim all order types are prohibited.

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North Carolina

North Carolina child-support withholding reference

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North Dakota

North Dakota Chapter 32-09.1 garnishment

Official definitions, restrictions and procedure chapter.

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North Dakota

North Dakota child-support withholding reference

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Ohio

Ohio §2716.05 garnishment form/procedure

Official personal-earnings garnishment section.

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Ohio

Ohio child-support withholding reference

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma continuing lien on earnings

Official court-network statute on continuing earnings garnishment and definitions.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma child-support withholding reference

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Oregon

Oregon Chapter18 judgments/garnishment

Official 2025 edition includes garnishment and earnings exemptions; review later session laws.

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Oregon

Oregon child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Title 42 §8127 personal earnings

Official earnings exemption and enumerated exception statute.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania child-support withholding reference

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island §9-26-4.1 earnings exemption

Official wage-garnishment exemption section.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island child-support withholding reference

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South Carolina

South Carolina Chapter 15-35 judgments

Official judgment chapter including earnings/execution provisions; order-specific exceptions require review.

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South Carolina

South Carolina child-support withholding reference

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South Dakota

South Dakota §21-18-51 maximum garnishment

Official earnings restriction provision.

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South Dakota

South Dakota child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

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Tennessee

Tennessee execution/garnishment debtor notice

Official court notice about property seizure and exemption claims.

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Tennessee

Tennessee child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 03/22/2025

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Texas

Texas Civil Practice Chapter63 garnishment

Official general garnishment chapter; not a substitute for support/tax-specific law.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Source opened; no state calculation, exemption entitlement, priority or legal conclusion has been encoded.

Texas

Texas child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 03/22/2025

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Utah

Utah writ of garnishment guide

Official court instructions, forms and challenge process.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Source opened; no state calculation, exemption entitlement, priority or legal conclusion has been encoded.

Utah

Utah child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 04/28/2025

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Vermont

Vermont Title 12 §3170 earnings exemptions

Official trustee-process earnings exemption section.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Source opened; no state calculation, exemption entitlement, priority or legal conclusion has been encoded.

Vermont

Vermont child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 05/21/2025

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Virginia

Virginia §34-29 disposable earnings

Official page contains versions effective until July 1, 2027 and from July 1, 2027. Select the version applicable to the earnings date; no Virginia amount is automated here.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Source opened; no state calculation, exemption entitlement, priority or legal conclusion has been encoded.

Virginia

Virginia child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 03/27/2025

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Washington

Washington RCW 6.27.150 earnings exemption

Official earnings exemption statute; debt categories and effective versions matter.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Source opened; no state calculation, exemption entitlement, priority or legal conclusion has been encoded.

Washington

Washington child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 05/06/2025

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West Virginia

West Virginia §38-5A-3 suggestee execution

Official execution-against-wages statute; compare consumer-credit provisions where relevant.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Source opened; no state calculation, exemption entitlement, priority or legal conclusion has been encoded.

West Virginia

West Virginia child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 05/12/2025

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin earnings-garnishment forms

Official circuit-court forms include debtor response, exemptions and employer answers.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Source opened; no state calculation, exemption entitlement, priority or legal conclusion has been encoded.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 08/04/2025

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Wyoming

Wyoming garnishment self-help

Official judicial guide, definitions, examples and forms.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Source opened; no state calculation, exemption entitlement, priority or legal conclusion has been encoded.

Wyoming

Wyoming child-support withholding reference

Federal child-support agency’s state entry: employer timing, deductions, allocation, fees and state citations. Read the source for the applicable order; no state values copied into this tool.

Link checked 11/03/2026 · Agency entry updated 03/22/2025

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Federal / nationwide reference

DOL Fact Sheet 30: wage-garnishment protections

Definitions, legally required deductions, ordinary/support limits, more-protective state law and single-debt discharge protection.

Link checked 11/03/2026

December 2024

Federal / nationwide reference

29 CFR 870.10: ordinary garnishment limits

Federal ordinary-garnishment ceiling and conversion for pay intervals.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Title 29 displayed current through 10/29/2026

Federal / nationwide reference

29 CFR 870.11: exceptions and competing orders

Support/tax/bankruptcy distinctions and interaction of withheld amounts. CCPA does not create a general priority hierarchy.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Title 29 displayed current through 10/29/2026

Federal / nationwide reference

DOL Field Operations Handbook, Chapter 16

Detailed CCPA interpretation, including specialized federal-employee deduction situations. Review the applicable specialized federal-employee deduction provision and the underlying law.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Handbook chapter; consult current page and underlying law

Federal / nationwide reference

31 CFR 285.11: federal administrative wage garnishment

Federal nontax debt, disposable-pay definition, withholding restrictions, notice/hearing, hardship and competing-order provisions.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Current eCFR provision checked 11/03/2026

Federal / nationwide reference

Treasury administrative wage-garnishment questions

Employee-facing explanation of federal administrative collections, pay protection and review options.

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Current public page checked 11/03/2026

Federal / nationwide reference

IRS Publication 1494: 2026 levy-exempt amounts

2026 wage-levy exemption tables by pay period, filing status, dependents and additional standard deduction.

Link checked 11/03/2026

Rev. 12/2025; explicitly for 2026

Federal / nationwide reference

IRS information about wage levies

Wage levy, statement of dependents/filing status, bonus and pre-existing child-support issues.

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Current public page checked 11/03/2026

Federal / nationwide reference

Federal state income-withholding reference guide

All 50 states and D.C. state entries with agency-reported update dates and citations.

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71-page public reference checked 11/03/2026

Federal / nationwide reference

U.S. Courts: bankruptcy cases and the stay

General explanation of bankruptcy and collection stays; not an instruction to stop every order.

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Current public page checked 11/03/2026

Federal / nationwide reference

U.S. Courts: Chapter 13 basics

Chapter 13 process, plan/trustee and obligations including support; case-specific direction remains necessary.

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Current public page checked 11/03/2026