California Code
DIVISION 2 - ENFORCEMENT OF MONEY JUDGMENTS
CHAPTER 5 - Wage Garnishment

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title; Definitions

Section 706.010. - 706.010. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 706.011. - 706.011. As used in this chapter: (a) “Disposable earnings” means...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 706.020. - 706.020. Except for an earning assignment order for support, the...

Section 706.021. - 706.021. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a levy...

Section 706.022. - 706.022. (a) As used in this section, “withholding period” means...

Section 706.023. - 706.023. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter: (a) An...

Section 706.024. - 706.024. (a) The amount required to satisfy an earnings withholding...

Section 706.025. - 706.025. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the amount...

Section 706.026. - 706.026. (a) The levying officer shall receive and account for...

Section 706.027. - 706.027. If the judgment pursuant to which the earnings withholding...

Section 706.028. - 706.028. (a) “Final earnings withholding order for costs and interest”...

Section 706.029. - 706.029. Service of an earnings withholding order creates a lien...

Section 706.030. - 706.030. (a) A “withholding order for support” is an earnings...

Section 706.031. - 706.031. (a) Nothing in this chapter affects an earnings assignment...

Section 706.032. - 706.032. (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute: (1) If...

Section 706.033. - 706.033. If the writ is returned before the earnings withholding...

Section 706.034. - 706.034. The employer may deduct from the earnings of the...

ARTICLE 3 - Restrictions on Earnings Withholding

Section 706.050. - 706.050. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 706.050. - 706.050. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 706.051. - 706.051. (a) For the purposes of this section, “family of...

Section 706.052. - 706.052. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), one-half of...

ARTICLE 4 - Earnings Withholding Order for Taxes

Section 706.070. - 706.070. As used in this article: (a) “State” means the...

Section 706.071. - 706.071. This chapter does not limit the state’s right to...

Section 706.072. - 706.072. (a) A “withholding order for taxes” is an earnings...

Section 706.073. - 706.073. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions...

Section 706.074. - 706.074. (a) The state may itself issue a withholding order...

Section 706.075. - 706.075. (a) This section applies to any withholding order for...

Section 706.076. - 706.076. (a) A withholding order for taxes may be issued...

Section 706.077. - 706.077. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), an employer upon whom...

Section 706.078. - 706.078. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the employer...

Section 706.080. - 706.080. Service of a withholding order for taxes or of...

Section 706.081. - 706.081. Except for the forms referred to in Section 706.076,...

Section 706.082. - 706.082. No review of the taxpayer’s tax liability shall be...

Section 706.084. - 706.084. Where a warrant, notice of levy, or notice or...

ARTICLE 5 - Procedure for Earnings Withholding Orders and Exemption Claims

Section 706.100. - 706.100. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Judicial Council...

Section 706.101. - 706.101. (a) An earnings withholding order shall be served by...

Section 706.102. - 706.102. (a) If a writ of execution has been issued...

Section 706.103. - 706.103. (a) The levying officer shall serve upon the designated...

Section 706.104. - 706.104. Any employer who is served with an earnings withholding...

Section 706.105. - 706.105. (a) A judgment debtor may claim an exemption under...

Section 706.106. - 706.106. No findings are required in court proceedings under this...

Section 706.108. - 706.108. (a) If a writ of execution has been issued...

Section 706.109. - 706.109. An earnings withholding order may not be issued against...

ARTICLE 6 - Forms; Employer s Instructions

Section 706.120. - 706.120. Except as provided in Section 706.081, the Judicial Council...

Section 706.121. - 706.121. The “application for issuance of earnings withholding order” shall...

Section 706.122. - 706.122. The “notice to employee of earnings withholding order” shall...

Section 706.123. - 706.123. The “judgment debtor’s claim of exemption” shall be executed...

Section 706.124. - 706.124. The “judgment debtor’s financial statement” shall be executed as...

Section 706.125. - 706.125. The “earnings withholding order” shall include all of the...

Section 706.126. - 706.126. (a) The “employer’s return” shall be executed under oath....

Section 706.127. - 706.127. (a) The Judicial Council shall prepare “employer’s instructions” for...

Section 706.128. - 706.128. The “judgment creditor’s notice of opposition to the claim...

Section 706.129. - 706.129. The levying officer shall have copies of the forms...

ARTICLE 7 - Administration and Enforcement

Section 706.151. - 706.151. The Judicial Council may perform all acts required by...

Section 706.152. - 706.152. If an employer withholds earnings pursuant to this chapter...

Section 706.153. - 706.153. (a) No employer shall defer or accelerate any payment...

Section 706.154. - 706.154. (a) If an employer fails to withhold or to...