15 USC § 1675 - Exemption for State-regulated garnishments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1675"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1675 - Exemption for State-regulated garnishments"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1675"
section_name: "Exemption for State-regulated garnishments"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RESTRICTIONS ON GARNISHMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–321, title III, § 305, May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 164; Pub. L. 95–30, title V, § 501(e)(4), May 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 162.)"
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# § 1675. Exemption for State-regulated garnishments

The Secretary of Labor may by regulation exempt from the provisions of section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title 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 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–321, title III, § 305, May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 164; Pub. L. 95–30, title V, § 501(e)(4), May 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 162.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1977— substituted “section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title” for “” in two places.