Section 15-503 – Penalty for Assignment or Transfer
Any creditor who violates any provision of § 15-501 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.
Section 15-601 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Employee” includes an employee whether he is a resident or nonresident of the State. (c) “Wages” means all monetary remuneration paid to any employee for his employment.
Section 15-601.1 – Exemption From Attachment
(a) In this section, “disposable wages” means the part of wages that remain after deduction of any amount required to be withheld by law. (b) The following are exempt from attachment: (1) The greater of: (i) 75 percent of the disposable wages due; or (ii) 30 times the State minimum hourly wage in effect at the time the wages are […]
Section 15-602 – Continuing Lien; Application and Waiver of Limitations in 15-601.1
(a) When an attachment is levied against the wages of a judgment debtor, it shall constitute a lien on all attachable wages that are payable at the time the attachment is served or which become payable until the judgment, interest, and costs, as specified in the attachment, are satisfied. (b) Any waiver of the limitations contained in […]
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Section 15-213 – Certain Statutes Not Repealed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 […]