15 U.S.C. § 1677
Section 1677 · Effect on State laws
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 28 court decisions — leading case 27 Cal. 3d 690 - Industrial Welfare Commission v. Superior Court (1980)
Most recently applied in CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) N.A. v. SULLIVAN (February 2015)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
This subchapter does not annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any person from complying with, the laws of any State
(1) prohibiting garnishments or providing for more limited garnishment than are allowed under this subchapter, or
(2) prohibiting the discharge of any employee by reason of the fact that his earnings have been subjected to garnishment for more than one indebtedness.