Judgment against employer-garnishee for failure to pay percentages

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
4. Attachment and Garnishment
5. Attachment and Garnishment of Wages, etc
6. Judgment against employer-garnishee for failure to pay percentages

If the employer-garnishee fails to pay to the judgment creditor the percentages prescribed in this subchapter of the wages which become payable to the judgment debtor for any pay period, judgment shall be entered against him for an amount equal to the percentages with respect to which the failure occurs.

(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 556, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 16-575.

1973 Ed., § 16-575.

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