(a) Eighty-five percent of the amount of the wages for labor or service of any person residing within the State shall be exempt from mesne attachment process and execution attachment process under the laws of this State; but such limitation shall be inapplicable to process issued for the collection of a fine or costs or taxes due and owing the State.
(b) On any amount of wages due, only 1 attachment may be made. Any creditor causing such attachment to be made shall have the benefit of priority until the judgment with costs for which the attachment was made has been paid in full.
(c) Wages shall include salaries, commissions and every other form of remuneration paid to an employee by an employer for labor or services, but shall not include payment made for services rendered by a person who is self-employed.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Subchapter I. Subjects of Execution; Exemptions
§ 4903. Head of family exemption.
§ 4904. Claim of exemption by spouses.
§ 4905. Evaluation of exempt property; selection of freeholders.
§ 4906. Procedure of freeholders.
§ 4908. Authority to administer oaths.
§ 4909. Neglect of duty by freeholders; penalty.
§ 4910. Taxation or sale for taxes.
§ 4911. Prohibition against levying upon goods in storage warehouse; violation and penalty.
§ 4913. Exemption and attachment of wages.
§ 4914. Exemptions in bankruptcy and insolvency.
§ 4916. Exemption of qualified tuition programs and qualified ABLE programs.