All amounts paid or payable as public assistance to needy persons shall be exempt from any tax levied by the state or any subdivision thereof and shall be exempt from levy, garnishment, attachment or any other process whatsoever and shall be inalienable, and in the case of bankruptcy, shall not pass to the trustee or other person acting on behalf of the creditors of the recipient of public assistance.
Ala. Code § 38-4-8
Assistance Grants Exempt from Taxes, Levy, Garnishment, or Other Process, and Inalienable; Bankruptcy.
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case James v. D G
Most recently applied in Williamson v. Murray (In re Murray) (March 2014)
(Acts 1951, No. 703, p. 1211, §21.)
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