# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 15. Debt Collection -- Special Provisions

### Subtitle 6. Attachment of Wages

#### Section 15-606

(a) An employer may not discharge his employee because the employee's wages are subjected to attachment for any one indebtedness within a calendar year.

(b) Any employer who willfully violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both.

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