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.
Section 15-203 – Fair Consideration
Fair consideration is given for property or an obligation, if: (1) In exchange for the property or obligation, as a fair equivalent for it and in good faith, property is conveyed or an antecedent debt is satisfied; or (2) The property or obligation is received in good faith to secure a present advance or antecedent debt in […]
Section 15-204 – Conveyance by Insolvent
Every conveyance made and every obligation incurred by a person who is or will be rendered insolvent by it is fraudulent as to creditors without regard to his actual intent, if the conveyance is made or the obligation is incurred without a fair consideration.
Section 15-205 – Conveyance by Person in Business
Every conveyance made without fair consideration when the person who makes it is engaged or is about to engage in a business or transaction for which the property remaining in his hands after the conveyance is an unreasonably small capital, is fraudulent as to creditors and other persons who become creditors during the continuance of […]
Section 15-206 – Conveyance by a Person About to Incur Debts
Every conveyance made and every obligation incurred without fair consideration when the person who makes the conveyance or who enters into the obligation intends or believes that he will incur debts beyond his ability to pay as they mature, is fraudulent as to both present and future creditors.