Georgia Code
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 18-4-5. Maximum Part of Disposable Earnings Subject to Garnishment; Adverse Employment Action Prohibited

History. Code 1981, § 18-4-5 , enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 8, § 1/SB 255; Ga. L. 2018, p. 820, § 2/SB 194; Ga. L. 2020, p. 691, § 5/SB 443.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, substituted “$217.50” for “$217.00” in subparagraph (a)(1)(B); and substituted the present provisions of paragraph (a)(2) for the former provisions, which read: “In case of earnings for a period other than a week, a multiple of $7.25 per hour shall be used.”
The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, added paragraph (a)(1); redesignated former subsection (a) as paragraph (a)(2); added “or, if the judgment upon which the garnishment is based arose from a private student loan, then 15 percent of the defendant’s disposable earnings for that week” in subparagraph (a)(2)(A); redesignated former paragraph (a)(2) as present paragraph (a)(3); added paragraphs (a)(4) and (a)(5); and added subsection (d).

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