Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments

  1. Law
  2. CFR 31
  3. Money and Finance: Treasury
  4. Regulations Relating to Money and Finance
  5. Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury
  6. Bureau of the Fiscal Service
  7. Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments

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Section
212.1

Purpose.

Section
212.2

Scope.

Section
212.3

Definitions.

Section
212.4

Initial action upon receipt of a garnishment order.

Section
212.5

Account review.

Section
212.6

Rules and procedures to protect benefits.

Appendix
Appendix A to Part 212

Model Notice to Account Holder

Appendix
Appendix B to Part 212

Form of Notice of Right to Garnish Federal Benefits

Appendix
Appendix C to Part 212

Examples of the Lookback Period and Protected Amount

Section
212.7

Notice to the account holder.

Section
212.8

Other rights and authorities.

Section
212.9

Preemption of State law.

Section
212.10

Safe harbor.

Section
212.11

Compliance and record retention.

Section
212.12

Amendment of this part.