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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="15-601.1" title_number="15" title_name="Debt Collection -- Special Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Attachment of Wages">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “disposable wages” means the part of wages that remain after deduction of any amount required to be withheld by law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The following are exempt from attachment:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The greater of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>75 percent of the disposable wages due; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>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</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any medical insurance payment deducted from an employee’s wages by the employer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The amount subject to attachment shall be calculated per pay period.</text>
  </level>
</section>
