28-22-15. When only absolute exemptions allowed.

Only absolute exemptions may be allowed against process:

1. For the wages of a laborer or mechanic who is, or had been, employed by the judgment debtor;

2. Upon a debt incurred for property obtained under false pretenses;

3. For fines, penalties, or costs of criminal prosecutions;

4. Against a nonresident;

5. Against a debtor who is in the act of removing with the debtor's family from the state; or

6. Against a debtor who has absconded, taking the debtor's family along.