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WA Rev Code § 74.20A.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.090 - Certain amount of earnings exempt from lien or order—"Earnings" and "disposable earnings" defined.

RCW 74.20A.090 Certain amount of earnings exempt from lien or order—"Earnings" and "disposable earnings" defined.Whenever a support lien or order to withhold and deliver is served upon any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department of the state asserting a support debt against earnings and there is in the possession of such person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department of the state, any such earnings, RCW 6.27.150 shall not apply, but fifty percent of the disposable earnings shall be exempt and may be disbursed to the debtor whether such earnings are paid, or to be paid weekly, monthly, or at other intervals and whether there be due the debtor earnings for one week or for a longer period. The lien or order to withhold and deliver shall continue to operate and require said person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department of the state to withhold the nonexempt portion of earnings at each succeeding earnings disbursement interval until the entire amount of the support debt stated in the lien or order to withhold and deliver has been withheld. As used in this chapter, the term "earnings" means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law making such payments exempt from garnishment, attachment, or other process to satisfy support obligation, specifically includes periodic payments pursuant to pension or retirement programs, or insurance policies of any type, but does not include payments made under Title 50 RCW, except as provided in RCW 50.40.020 and 50.40.050 or Title 74 RCW. Earnings shall specifically include all gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined, not including profit gained through sale or conversion of capital assets. The term "disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amount required by law to be withheld.[ 1982 1st ex.s. c 18 § 12. Prior: 1982 c 201 § 21; 1979 ex.s. c 171 § 10; 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 10; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 9.]NOTES:Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1982 1st ex.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 50.12.200.Severability—1979 ex.s. c 171: See note following RCW 74.20.300.
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.095 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.095 - Support enforcement services—Action against earnings within state—Notice.

RCW 74.20A.095 Support enforcement services—Action against earnings within state—Notice.When providing support enforcement services, the office of support enforcement may take action, under this chapter and chapter 26.23 RCW, against a responsible parent's earnings or assets, located in, or subject to the jurisdiction of, the state of Washington regardless of the presence or residence of the responsible parent. If the responsible parent resides in another state or country, the office of support enforcement shall, unless otherwise authorized by state or federal law, serve a notice under RCW 74.20A.040 more than sixty days before taking collection action.[ 2000 c 86 § 9; 1991 c 367 § 48.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—Captions not law—1991 c 367: See notes following RCW 26.09.015.
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.100 - Civil liability upon failure to comply with order or lien—Collection.

RCW 74.20A.100 Civil liability upon failure to comply with order or lien—Collection.(1) Any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department of the state shall be liable to the department, or to the agency or firm providing child support enforcement for another state, under Title IV-D of the federal social security act and issuing a notice, garnishment, or wage assignment attaching wages or earnings in satisfaction of a support obligation, in the amount that should have been withheld, together with costs, interest, and reasonable attorney fees if that person or entity:(a) Fails to answer an order to withhold and deliver, or substantially similar action issued by the agency or firm providing child support enforcement for another state, under Title IV-D of the federal social security act, within the time prescribed herein;(b) Fails or refuses to deliver property pursuant to said order;(c) After actual notice of filing of a support lien, pays over, releases, sells, transfers, or conveys real or personal property subject to a support lien to or for the benefit of the debtor or any other person;(d) Fails or refuses to surrender property distrained under RCW 74.20A.130 upon demand; or(e) Fails or refuses to honor an assignment of earnings presented by the secretary.(2) The secretary is authorized to issue a notice of noncompliance under RCW 74.20A.350 or to proceed in superior court to obtain a judgment for noncompliance under this section.[ 1997 c 296 § 15; 1997 c 58 § 895; 1989 c 360 § 5; 1985 c 276 § 7; 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 11; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 10.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1997 c 58 § 895 and by 1997 c 296 § 15, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Short title—Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—Exemptions and waivers from federal law—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.110 - Release of excess to debtor.

RCW 74.20A.110 Release of excess to debtor.Whenever any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department of the state has in its possession earnings, deposits, accounts, or balances in excess of the amount of the debt claimed by the department, such person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department of the state may, without liability under this chapter, release said excess to the debtor.[ 1979 ex.s. c 171 § 7; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 11.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 171: See note following RCW 74.20.300.
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.120 - Banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions—Service on main office or branch, effect—Collection actions against community bank account, right to adjudicative proceeding.

RCW 74.20A.120 Banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions—Service on main office or branch, effect—Collection actions against community bank account, right to adjudicative proceeding.A lien, order to withhold and deliver, or any other notice or document authorized by this chapter or chapter 26.23 RCW may be served on the main office of a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union or on a branch office of such financial institution. Service on the main office shall be effective to attach the deposits of a responsible parent in the financial institution and compensation payable for personal services due the responsible parent from the financial institution. Service on a branch office shall be effective to attach the deposits, accounts, credits, or other personal property of the responsible parent, excluding compensation payable for personal services, in the possession or control of the particular branch served.If the department initiates collection action under this chapter against a community bank account, the debtor or the debtor's spouse, upon service on the department of a timely application, has a right to an adjudicative proceeding governed by chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act, to establish that the funds in the account, or a portion of those funds, were the earnings of the nonobligated spouse, and are exempt from the satisfaction of the child support obligation of the debtor pursuant to RCW 26.16.200.[ 1989 c 360 § 30; 1989 c 175 § 155; 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 12.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1989 c 175 § 155 and by 1989 c 360 § 30, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section pursuant to RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.Severability—1983 1st ex.s. c 41: See note following RCW 26.09.060.
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.140 - Action for foreclosure of support lien—Satisfaction.

RCW 74.20A.140 Action for foreclosure of support lien—Satisfaction.Whenever a support lien has been filed, an action in foreclosure of lien upon real or personal property may be brought in the superior court of the county where real or personal property is or was located and the lien was filed and judgment shall be rendered in favor of the department for the amount due, with costs, and the court shall allow, as part of the costs, the moneys paid for making and filing the claim of lien, and a reasonable attorney's fee, and the court shall order any property upon which any lien provided for by this chapter is established, to be sold by the sheriff of the proper county to satisfy the lien and costs. The payment of the lien debt, costs and reasonable attorney fees, at any time before sale, shall satisfy the judgment of foreclosure. Where the net proceeds of sale upon application to the debt claimed do not satisfy the debt in full, the department shall have judgment over for any deficiency remaining unsatisfied and further levy and sales upon other property of the judgment debtor may be made under the same execution. In all sales contemplated under this section, advertising of notice shall only be necessary for two weeks in a newspaper published in the county where said property is located, and if there be no newspaper therein, then in the most convenient newspaper having a circulation in such county. Remedies provided for herein are alternatives to remedies provided for in other sections of this chapter.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 13; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.150 - Satisfaction of lien after foreclosure proceedings instituted—Redemption.

RCW 74.20A.150 Satisfaction of lien after foreclosure proceedings instituted—Redemption.Any person owning real property, or any interest in real property, against which a support lien has been filed and foreclosure instituted, shall have the right to pay the amount due, together with expenses of the proceedings and reasonable attorneys' fees to the secretary and upon such payment the secretary shall restore said property to him or her and all further proceedings in the said foreclosure action shall cease. Said person shall also have the right within two hundred forty days after sale of property foreclosed under RCW 74.20A.140 to redeem said property by making payment to the purchaser in the amount paid by the purchaser plus interest thereon at the rate of six percent per annum.[ 2013 c 23 § 217; 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 14; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.160 - Secretary may set debt payment schedule, release funds in certain hardship cases.

RCW 74.20A.160 Secretary may set debt payment schedule, release funds in certain hardship cases.With respect to any arrearages on a support debt assessed under this chapter, the secretary may at any time consistent with the income, earning capacity and resources of the debtor, set or reset a level and schedule of payments to be paid upon a support debt. The secretary may, upon petition of the debtor providing sufficient evidence of hardship, after consideration of the child support schedule adopted under *RCW 26.19.040, release or refund moneys taken pursuant to RCW 74.20A.080 to provide for the reasonable necessities of the responsible parent or parents and minor children in the home of the responsible parent. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the secretary to take any action which would require collection of less than the obligation for current support required under a superior court order or an administrative order or to take any action which would result in a bar of collection of arrearages from the debtor by reason of the statute of limitations.[ 1988 c 275 § 11; 1985 c 276 § 8; 1979 ex.s. c 171 § 8; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 16.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 26.19.040 was repealed by 1991 sp.s. c 28 § 8, effective September 1, 1991.Effective dates—Severability—1988 c 275: See notes following RCW 26.19.001.Severability—1979 ex.s. c 171: See note following RCW 74.20.300.
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.170 - Secretary may release lien or order or return seized property—Effect.

RCW 74.20A.170 Secretary may release lien or order or return seized property—Effect.The secretary may at any time release a support lien, or order to withhold and deliver, on all or part of the property of the debtor, or return seized property without liability, if assurance of payment is deemed adequate by the secretary, or if said action will facilitate the collection of the debt, but said release or return shall not operate to prevent future action to collect from the same or other property.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 15; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.180 - Secretary may make demand, file and serve liens, when payments appear in jeopardy.

RCW 74.20A.180 Secretary may make demand, file and serve liens, when payments appear in jeopardy.If the secretary finds that the collection of any support debt, accrued under a support order, based upon subrogation or an authorization to enforce and collect under RCW 74.20A.030, or assignment of, or a request for support enforcement services to enforce and collect the amount of support ordered by any support order is in jeopardy, the secretary may make a written demand under RCW 74.20A.040 for immediate payment of the support debt and, upon failure or refusal immediately to pay said support debt, may file and serve liens pursuant to RCW 74.20A.060 and 74.20A.070, without regard to the twenty day period provided for in RCW 74.20A.040: PROVIDED, That no further action under RCW 74.20A.080, 74.20A.130, and 74.20A.140 may be taken until the notice requirements of RCW 74.20A.040 are met.[ 2000 c 86 § 10; 1985 c 276 § 9; 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 16; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.188 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.188 - Request for assistance on automated enforcement of interstate case—Certification required.

RCW 74.20A.188 Request for assistance on automated enforcement of interstate case—Certification required.(1) Before the state may assist another state or jurisdiction with a high-volume automated administrative enforcement of an interstate case, the requesting state must certify that:(a) The requesting state has met all due process requirements for the establishment of the support order;(b) The requesting state has met all due process requirements for the enforcement of the support order, including that the obligor has been notified that another state may take action against the obligor's wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and may enforce against the obligor's real and personal property under the child support statutes of this state or any other state without further notice; and(c) The amount of arrears transmitted by the requesting state is due under the support order.(2) Receipt of a request for assistance on automated enforcement of an interstate case by the state constitutes certification under this section.[ 2000 c 86 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.200 - Judicial relief after administrative remedies exhausted.

RCW 74.20A.200 Judicial relief after administrative remedies exhausted.Any person against whose property a support lien has been filed or an order to withhold and deliver has been served pursuant to this chapter may apply for relief to the superior court of the county wherein the property is located. It is the intent of this chapter that jurisdictional and constitutional issues, if any, shall be subject to review, but that administrative remedies be exhausted prior to judicial review.[ 1985 c 276 § 10; 1979 ex.s. c 171 § 9; 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 18; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 20.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 171: See note following RCW 74.20.300.
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.220 - Charging off child support debts as uncollectible—Compromise—Waiver of any bar to collection.

RCW 74.20A.220 Charging off child support debts as uncollectible—Compromise—Waiver of any bar to collection.Any support debt due the department from a responsible parent may be written off and cease to be accounted as an asset if the secretary finds there are no cost-effective means of collecting the debt.The department may accept offers of compromise of disputed claims or may grant partial or total charge-off of support arrears owed to the department up to the total amount of public assistance paid to or for the benefit of the persons for whom the support obligation was incurred. The department shall adopt rules as to the considerations to be made in the granting or denial of partial or total charge-off and offers of compromise of disputed claims of debt for support arrears. The rights of the payee under an order for support shall not be prejudiced if the department accepts an offer of compromise, or grants a partial or total charge-off under this section.The responsible parent owing a support debt may execute a written extension or waiver of any statute which may bar or impair the collection of the debt and the extension or waiver shall be effective according to its terms.[ 1989 c 360 § 4; 1989 c 78 § 2; 1979 ex.s. c 171 § 16; 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 20; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 22.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1989 c 78 § 2 and by 1989 c 360 § 4, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section pursuant to RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Severability—1979 ex.s. c 171: See note following RCW 74.20.300.
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.230 - Employee debtor rights protected—Remedies.

RCW 74.20A.230 Employee debtor rights protected—Remedies.No employer shall discharge or discipline an employee or refuse to hire a person for reason that an assignment of earnings has been presented in settlement of a support debt or that a support lien or order to withhold and deliver has been served against said employee's earnings. If an employer discharges or disciplines an employee or refuses to hire a person in violation of this section, the employee or person shall have a cause of action against the employer. The employer shall be liable for double the amount of lost wages and any other damages suffered as a result of the violation and for costs and reasonable attorney fees, and shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars for each violation. The employer may also be ordered to hire, rehire, or reinstate the aggrieved individual.[ 1985 c 276 § 11; 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 21; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 23.]
WA Rev Code § 74.20A.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 74 - Public Assistance|Chapter 74.20A - Support of Dependent Children—Alternative Method—1971 Act.|74.20A.240 - Assignment of earnings to be honored—Effect—Income withholding forms—Processing fee.

RCW 74.20A.240 Assignment of earnings to be honored—Effect—Income withholding forms—Processing fee.(1) Any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, department of the state, or agency, subdivision, or instrumentality of the United States employing a person owing a support debt or obligation, shall honor, according to its terms, a duly executed assignment of earnings presented by the secretary as a plan to satisfy or retire a support debt or obligation. This requirement to honor the assignment of earnings and the assignment of earnings itself shall be applicable whether said earnings are to be paid presently or in the future and shall continue in force and effect until released in writing by the secretary. Payment of moneys pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented by the secretary shall serve as full acquittance under any contract of employment. A person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, department of the state, or agency, subdivision, or instrumentality of the United States that complies with the assignment of earnings under this chapter is not civilly liable to the debtor for complying with the assignment of earnings under this chapter. The secretary shall be released from liability for improper receipt of moneys under an assignment of earnings upon return of any moneys so received.(2) An assignment of earnings presented by the secretary in accordance with this section must include income withholding forms adopted and required by the United States department of health and human services.(3) An assignment of earnings presented by the secretary in accordance with this section has priority over any other wage assignment, garnishment, attachment, or other legal process except for another wage assignment, garnishment, attachment, or other legal process for support moneys.(4) The employer may deduct a processing fee from the remainder of the debtor's earnings, even if the remainder would be exempt under RCW 74.20A.090. The processing fee shall not exceed fifteen dollars from the first disbursement to the department and one dollar for each subsequent disbursement under the assignment of earnings.[ 2021 c 35 § 18; 1997 c 296 § 16; 1994 c 230 § 21; 1985 c 276 § 12; 1973 1st ex.s. c 183 § 22; 1971 ex.s. c 164 § 24.]