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Timestamp: 2018-05-24 09:35:38
Document Index: 338497434

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 15', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 16', '§ 42', '§ 24', '§ 51', '§ 454', '§ 1', '§ 32', '§ 29', '§ 1', '§ 31', '§ 31', '§ 31', '§ 4', '§ 38', '§ 16']

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Washington DC State Bankruptcy Exemptions
§ 15-501. Exempt property of householder; property in transitu; debt for wages
(1) the debtor's interest, not to exceed $ 2,575 in value, in one motor vehicle;
(2) the debtor's interest, not to exceed $ 425 in value, in any particular item or $ 8,625 in aggregate value in household furnishings, household goods, wearing apparel, appliances, books, animals, crops, or musical instruments, that are held primarily for the personal family or household use of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor;
(3) the debtor's aggregate interest in any property, not to exceed $ 850 in value, plus up to $ 8,075 of any unused amount of the exemption provided under paragraph (14) of this subsection;
(4) the debtor's aggregate interest, not to exceed $ 1,625 in value, in any implements, professional books, or tools of the trade of the debtor or the trade of a dependent of the debtor (this exemption shall also apply to merchants);
(iii) the plan or contract does not qualify under section 401(a) or 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C.S. § 1 et seq.) ("1986 Code");
(8) all family pictures; and all the family library, not exceeding $ 400 in value;
(9) notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, money or other assets payable to a participant or beneficiary from, or an interest of a participant or beneficiary in, a retirement plan qualified under sections 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), 408, 408A, 414(d), or 414(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C.S. § 1 et seq.) ("1986 Code") or section 409 (as in effect prior to January 1984) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, approved August 6, 1954 (68A Stat. 3; 26 U.S.C.S. § 1 et seq.); provided that:
(13) the library, office furniture, and implements of a professional person or artist, not exceeding $ 300 in value; and
(14) the debtor's aggregate interest in real property used as the residence of the debtor, or property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor in a cooperative that owns property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, or in a burial plot for the debtor or dependent of the debtor.
§ 16-572. Attachment of wages; percentage limitations; priority of attachments
(2) the amount by which his disposable wages for that week exceed thirty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.S. 206) in effect at the time the wages are payable,
§ 42-1904.09. Escrow of deposits; to bear interest; not subject to attachment
Any deposit made in regard to any disposition of a unit, including a nonbinding reservation agreement, shall be held in escrow until either delivered at settlement or returned to the prospective purchaser. Such escrow funds shall be deposited in a separate account for each condominium in a financial institution the accounts of which are insured by a federal or state agency. These deposits shall bear interest at the passbook rate then prevailing in the District of Columbia beginning with the first business day after the date deposited with declarant or declarant's agent. Earned interest shall be credited to the prospective purchaser's deposit. Such escrow funds shall not be subject to attachment by the creditors of either the purchaser or the declarant.
§ 24-241.06. Trust fund for earnings; disbursements
The Mayor is authorized to include in individual work release plans provisions for the collection of the wages, salary, earnings, and other income of each gainfully employed prisoner when paid, or require that the same be surrendered when received, less payroll deductions required or authorized by law, and to deposit the amount so received in a trust fund account in the Treasury of the United States. Such wages, salary, or earnings in the hands of either the employer or the Mayor during such prisoner's terms shall not be subject to garnishment or attachment. The Mayor is further authorized in individual work release plans to provide for disbursements from the trust fund account established under this section for any or all of the following purposes: (1) the payment of an amount not to exceed the lesser of 20% of the prisoner's earnings, or $ 4 per day, as the cost of his room and board; (2) necessary travel expenses to and from work or other business and incidental expenses of the prisoner; (3) support of the prisoner's dependents, if any; (4) support of minor children pursuant to court order; (5) payment of court fines or forfeitures; or (6) payment, either in full or ratably, of the prisoner's debts which have been acknowledged by him in writing or have been reduced to judgment. The balance of such earnings, if any there be after payments therefrom for the foregoing purposes, shall be paid to the prisoner upon the completion of the period during which he is subject to confinement.
§ 51-118. Protection of rights and benefits; child support obligations
(a) No agreement by any individual to waive any of his rights under this subchapter or to pay any part of the contribution payable by his employer with respect to his or any other individual's employment, shall be valid; nor shall any employer make, require, or permit any deduction from the wages payable to his employees for the purpose of paying any part of the contributions required of the employer under this subchapter, or require or attempt to induce any individual to waive any right he may acquire under this subchapter. Any employer who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each such offense, be fined not less than $ 100 nor more than $ 1,000 or be imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
(b) (1) Except as hereinafter provided no assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this subchapter shall be valid or enforceable; and the right to any such benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debt; and the benefits received by any individual so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient shall be exempt from any remedy whatsoever for the collection of all debts except debts accrued for necessaries furnished to such individual, his spouse, or his dependents during the time when such individual was unemployed.
(5) Any amount deducted and withheld under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be treated for all purposes as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by such an individual to the state or local child enforcement agency in satisfaction of the individual's child support obligations.
(6) For purposes of paragraphs (2) through (5) of this subsection, the term "unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under the state law (including amounts payable by the District pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or allowances with respect to unemployment).
(8) The term "child support obligations" is defined for purposes of these provisions as including only obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in § 454 of the Social Security Act which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act.
(9) The term "state or local child enforcement agency" as used in these provisions means any agency of a state or political subdivision thereof operating pursuant to a plan described in paragraph (8) of this subsection.
(c) No individual seeking to establish a claim for benefits shall be charged any fee whatsoever by the Director or the Director's representatives, or by the court or any officer thereof. Any individual claiming benefits in any proceeding before the Director or the Director's representative or the court may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent; but no such counsel or agent shall either charge or receive for such services more than an amount approved by the Director. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall, for each such offense, be fined not more than $ 500 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
(d) (1) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation benefits shall be advised at the time of filing the claim, that:
(C) The individual may elect to have federal income tax deducted and withheld from the individual's payment of unemployment compensation with respect to benefits paid on or after January 1, 1997, at the amount specified in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C.S. § 1 et seq.);
(D) The individual may elect to have District of Columbia income tax deducted and withheld from the individual's payment of unemployment compensation at the rate of 5% with respect to weeks of benefits paid on or after January 1, 2002; and
(E) The individual shall be permitted to change a previously elected withholding status on 2 occasions during the individual's benefit year.
§ 32-1517. Assignment of compensation; exemption from claims of creditors
§ 29-928. Share and membership certificates -- Exemption for attachment, execution and garnishment
The holdings of any member of an association, to the extent of the minimum amount necessary for membership, but not to exceed $ 50, shall be exempt from attachment, execution, or garnishment for the debts of the owner. If any holdings in excess of this amount are subjected to such liability, the directors of the association may either admit the purchaser thereof to membership, or may purchase from him such holdings at par value.
§ 1-1206. Exemption from execution
A notary's official seal and his official documents shall be exempt from execution.
§ 31-4716.01. Exemption from legal process -- Disability benefits
No money or other benefit paid, provided, allowed, or agreed to be paid by any company on account of the disability from injury or sickness of any insured person shall be liable to execution, attachment, garnishment, or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law, to pay any debt or liability of such insured person whether such debt or liability was incurred before or after the commencement of such disability, but the provisions of this section shall not affect the assignability of any such disability benefit otherwise assignable, nor shall this section apply to any money income disability benefit in an action to recover for necessaries contracted for after the commencement of disability covered by the disability clause or contract allowing such money income benefit.
§ 31-4717. Exemption from legal process -- Group life policy or proceeds
§ 31-4716. Rights of parties under life policies
§ 4-215.01. Prohibition; immunity from legal process
§ 38-2001.17. Funds not subject to assignment, execution or levy
§ 16-2703. Distribution of damages