2007 Minnesota Statutes

571.922 LIMITATION ON WAGE GARNISHMENT.
Unless the judgment is for child support, the maximum part of the aggregate disposable
earnings of an individual for any pay period subjected to garnishment may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) 25 percent of the debtor's disposable earnings; or
(2) the amount by which the debtor's disposable earnings exceed the following product: 40
times the federal minimum hourly wages prescribed by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938, United States Code, title 29, section 206(a)(1), in effect at the time the earnings are
payable, times the number of work weeks in the pay period. When a pay period consists of
other than a whole number of work weeks, each day of that pay period in excess of the number
of completed work weeks shall be counted as a fraction of a work week equal to the number of
excess work days divided by the number of days in the normal work week.
If the judgment is for child support, the garnishment may not exceed:
(1) 50 percent of the judgment debtor's disposable income, if the judgment debtor is
supporting a spouse or dependent child and the judgment is 12 weeks old or less (12 weeks to be
calculated to the beginning of the work week in which the execution levy is received);
(2) 55 percent of the judgment debtor's disposable income, if the judgment debtor is
supporting a spouse or dependent child, and the judgment is over 12 weeks old (12 weeks to be
calculated to the beginning of the work week in which the garnishment summons is received);
(3) 60 percent of the judgment debtor's disposable income, if the judgment debtor is not
supporting a spouse or dependent child and the judgment is 12 weeks old or less (12 weeks to be
calculated to the beginning of the work week in which the execution levy is received); or
(4) 65 percent of the judgment debtor's disposable income, if the judgment debtor is not
supporting a spouse or dependent child, and the judgment is over 12 weeks old (12 weeks to be
calculated to the beginning of the work week in which the garnishment summons is received).
Wage garnishments on judgments for child support are effective until the judgments are
satisfied if the judgment creditor is a county and the employer is notified by the county when the
judgment is satisfied.
No court may make, execute, or enforce an order or any process in violation of this section.
History: 1990 c 606 art 3 s 30; 1991 c 156 s 20; 1993 c 156 s 18