Georgia Code
Part 1 - Wages Generally
§ 34-7-4. Payment of Outstanding Wages to Beneficiary; Payment as Release From Claims to Funds or Claims Against Employer

Such funds to the amount of $2,500.00 shall be exempt from any and all process of garnishment.
History. Ga. L. 1898, p. 91, § 1; Ga. L. 1901, p. 60, §§ 1-3; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3134, 3135, 3136; Ga. L. 1915, p. 21, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 66-103, 66-104, 66-105; Ga. L. 1958, p. 641, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 434, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 1191, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 639, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 659, § 1.
Law reviews.
For article discussing nonjudicial settlement of a decedent’s estate, see 6 Ga. L. Rev. 74 (1971).

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Georgia Code

Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations

Chapter 7 - Employment Generally; Employer’s Liability

Article 1 - General Provisions

Part 1 - Wages Generally

§ 34-7-1. Determination of Term of Employment; Manner of Termination of Indefinite Hiring

§ 34-7-2. Payment of Wages by Lawful Money, Checks, or Credit Transfer; Selection of Payment Dates by Employer

§ 34-7-3. Requirements Where Wages Paid by Written Instrument; Effect of Protest or Dishonor

§ 34-7-4. Payment of Outstanding Wages to Beneficiary; Payment as Release From Claims to Funds or Claims Against Employer

§ 34-7-5. Redemption of Checks or Other Written Evidences of Indebtedness for Wages