# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 15. Debt Collection -- Special Provisions

### Subtitle 6. Attachment of Wages

#### Section 15-601.1

(a) In this section, "disposable wages" means the part of wages that remain after deduction of any amount required to be withheld by law.

(b) The following are exempt from attachment:

  (1) The greater of:

    (i) 75 percent of the disposable wages due; or

    (ii) 30 times the State minimum hourly wage in effect at the time the wages are due, multiplied by the number of weeks during which the wages due were earned; and

  (2) Any medical insurance payment deducted from an employee's wages by the employer.

(c) The amount subject to attachment shall be calculated per pay period.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)