Section 15-603 – Duties of Employer
(a) While the attachment remains a lien, the employer/garnishee shall withhold all attachable wages payable to the judgment debtor and remit the amount withheld to the judgment creditor or his legal representative within 15 days after the close of the last pay period in each month. (b) If the employer/garnishee is served with more than one attachment […]
Section 15-213 – Certain Statutes Not Repealed
This subtitle does not repeal the law relating to: (1) Fraudulent conveyances from one spouse to the other, as provided in §§ 4-205, 4-206, and 4-301 of the Family Law Article; (2) Priorities and preferences in insolvency, as provided in Subtitle 1 of this title; or (3) Bulk transfers, as defined in Title 6 of this article.
Section 15-604 – Resignation or Dismissal of Employee
If a judgment debtor resigns or is dismissed from his employment while an attachment upon his wages is wholly or partly unsatisfied, the attachment shall lapse and no further deduction may be made unless the judgment debtor is reinstated or reemployed within 90 days of the resignation or dismissal.
Section 15-214 – Short Title
This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act.
Section 15-605 – Duties of Judgment Creditor
(a) Within 15 days after the end of each month, the judgment creditor shall furnish the employer/garnishee and the judgment debtor a written statement showing all payments that were credited to the account of the judgment debtor during that month. However, this subsection shall not apply if no payments were received by the judgment creditor during […]
Section 15-301 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) (1) “Assignment” includes every transfer, sale, pledge, mortgage, or hypothecation, however made or attempted, of the wages of a person or any interest in them. (2) “Assignment” does not include an authorization by a borrower or his guarantor or surety for payroll deductions to repay a loan […]
Section 15-606 – Discharge of Employee Because of Attachment Prohibited in Certain Cases
(a) An employer may not discharge his employee because the employee’s wages are subjected to attachment for any one indebtedness within a calendar year. (b) Any employer who willfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year […]
Section 15-302 – Requisites of Assignment
(a) An assignment of wages is not valid unless: (1) The assignment is: (i) In writing; (ii) Signed and acknowledged by the assignor before a notary public in and for the county where he resides; and (iii) Entered the same day on the docket of the court by the clerk; and (2) Within three days from the execution and acknowledgment of […]
Section 15-607 – Wages Due From State or Political Subdivisions; Additional Charge
(a) Wages, due from or payable by the State, or a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision, and the public officers of the State or a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision to an individual, are subject to attachment process brought for the enforcement of the private legal obligations of the individual in the […]
Section 15-303 – Proof of Service on Employer
(a) Proof of the service made in accordance with § 15-302(a)(2) of this subtitle shall be by written admission of the assignor’s employer on the original assignment. (b) Within two days from the date of service, the original assignment with the employer’s written admission shall be filed with the clerk of the court.