District of Columbia Code
Chapter 5 - Attachment and Garnishment
Subchapter III - Attachment and Garnishment of Wages, etc

§ 16–571. Definitions - For purposes of this subchapter — (1) The term “wages”...

§ 16–571.01. Enforcement of support orders by attachment or garnishment - Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a notice or...

§ 16–572. Attachment of wages; percentage limitations; priority of attachments - Notwithstanding any other provision of subchapter II of this chapter:...

§ 16–572.01. Motion to exempt wages from garnishment - (a) Notwithstanding § 16-572, a judgment debtor may seek to...

§ 16–572.02. Notice to judgment debtor regarding wage garnishment - On the date that the judgment creditor serves a writ...

§ 16–573. Employer’s duty to withhold and make payments; percentage - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 16–574. Judgment creditor to file receipts, in court, of amount collected - (a) The judgment creditor shall: (1) file with the clerk...

§ 16–575. Judgment against employer-garnishee for failure to pay percentages - If the employer-garnishee fails to pay to the judgment creditor...

§ 16–576. Lapse of attachment upon resignation or dismissal of employee - If a judgment debtor resigns or is dismissed from his...

§ 16–577. Applicability of per centum limitations to judgment for support - The per centum limitations prescribed by section 16-572 do not...

§ 16–578. Superior Court judgments; lapse; validity - An attachment issued by the Superior Court of the District...

§ 16–579. Payments by employer-garnishee where employee has no salary or salary inadequate for services rendered - Where the judgment debtor claims or is proved to be...

§ 16–580. Quashing attachment where judgment obtained to hinder just claims - Where an attachment levied under this subchapter is based upon...

§ 16–581. Rules of procedure - The judges of the Superior Court of the District of...

§ 16–582. Attachments to which this subchapter is applicable - This subchapter applies only with respect to attachments upon wages,...

§ 16–583. No garnishment before judgment - (a) Except as otherwise provided in the District of Columbia...

§ 16–584. No discharge from employment for garnishment - No employer shall discharge an employee for the reason that...