Attachment of wages; percentage limitations; priority of attachments.
Notwithstanding any other provision of subchapter II of this chapter, where an attachment is levied upon wages due a judgment debtor from an employer-garnishee, the attachment shall become a lien and a continuing levy upon the gross wages due or to become due to the judgment debtor for the amount specified in the attachment to the extent of: 25 per centum of his disposable wages that week, or the amount by which his disposable wages for that week exceed thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) in effect at the time the wages are payable,
Annotations
Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 555, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1 Dec. 17, 1971, 85 Stat. 678, Pub. L. 92-200, § 6 Apr. 30, 1988, D.C. Law 7-104, § 4(f), 35 DCR 147 Mar. 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-81, § 10(d), 45 DCR 745 1973 Ed., § 16-572. 1981 Ed., § 16-572. This section is referenced in § 16-577.
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