29 CFR § 870.50 - General provision.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s870.50"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 870.50 - General provision."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "870.50"
section_name: "General provision."
chapter_name: "WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GARNISHMENT OF EARNINGS"
part_number: "870"
part_name: "RESTRICTION ON GARNISHMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 303, 305, 306, 82 Stat. 163, 164; 15 U.S.C. 1673, 1675, 1676, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 8226, May 26, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "870"
---


# 870.50 General provision.

Section 305 of the CCPA authorizes that Secretary to “exempt from the provisions of section 303(a) garnishments issued under the laws of any State if he determines that the laws of that State provide restrictions on garnishment which are substantially similar to those provided in section 303(a).”