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Code of the District of Columbia
Title 16
Chapter 5
III
Attachment and Garnishment of Wages, etc.
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16-571
Definitions.
16-571.01
Enforcement of support orders by attachment or garnishment.
16-572
Attachment of wages; percentage limitations; priority of attachments.
[16-572.01]
Motion to exempt wages from garnishment.
[16-572.02]
Notice to judgment debtor regarding wage garnishment.
16-573
Employer’s duty to withhold and make payments; percentage.
16-574
Judgment creditor to file receipts, in court, of amount collected.
16-575
Judgment against employer-garnishee for failure to pay percentages.
16-576
Lapse of attachment upon resignation or dismissal of employee.
16-577
Applicability of per centum limitations to judgment for support.
16-578
Superior Court judgments; lapse; validity.
16-579
Payments by employer-garnishee where employee has no salary or salary inadequate for services rendered.
16-580
Quashing attachment where judgment obtained to hinder just claims.
16-581
Rules of procedure.
16-582
Attachments to which this subchapter is applicable.
16-583
No garnishment before judgment.
16-584
No discharge from employment for garnishment.