Sections
15 entriesSection 706.020Prohibits an employer from being required, through a judicial procedure, to withhold an employee's earnings to pay a debt except under this…Section 706.021Requires any levy of execution upon an employee’s earnings, notwithstanding any other provision of the title, to be made by serving an…Section 706.022Limits an earnings withholding order to the judgment's enforceability period; withholding starts day 30 after employer service, or day 45 if an…Section 706.023Sets priority among earnings withholding orders generally by first service, with same-day orders following the earlier-entered judgment or employer selection when judgments…Section 706.024Sets the amount needed to satisfy an earnings withholding order as the writ balance when issued, plus statutory service and other fees,…Section 706.025Requires amounts withheld under an earnings withholding order to be paid to the levying officer monthly by the 15th day, covering withholding…Section 706.026Requires the levying officer to receive and account for employer payments and pay the person entitled to them at least once every…Section 706.027Requires a judgment creditor to promptly notify the levying officer when the judgment underlying an earnings withholding order is satisfied before the…Section 706.028Defines a final earnings withholding order for costs and interest as one issued after an earlier order is returned satisfied to collect…Section 706.029Establishes, upon service of an earnings withholding order, a lien on earnings required to be withheld and on employer property subject to…Section 706.030Defines a support withholding order and allows local child support agencies to issue it. Employers have 10 days to deliver documents or…Section 706.031Establishes support earnings assignments as having priority over earnings withholding orders and requires employers to follow the support assignment despite another withholding…Section 706.032Sets termination of an earnings withholding order after 180 continuous days with no withholding when employment ended, or after two continuous years…Section 706.033Requires a levying officer to make a supplemental return on a writ when the writ was returned before the related earnings withholding…Section 706.034Allows an employer to deduct $1.50 from the employee's earnings for each payment the employer makes in accordance with an earnings withholding…