No claims for compensation under this law, including compensation payable to a resident of this state under the worker’s compensation laws of any other state, shall be assignable, and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from all claims of creditors, except the restrictions under this section shall not apply to enforcement of an order of any court for the support of any person by execution, garnishment or wage withholding under chapter 12, title 7, Idaho Code.
Idaho Code § 72-802
Compensation not assignable — Exempt from execution
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Barnett v. Eagle Helicopters, Inc. (1993)
Most recently applied in In re Coleman (April 2018)
I.C., § 72-802, as added by 1971, ch. 124, § 3, p. 422; am. 1985, ch. 159, § 5, p. 417; am. 2009, ch. 312, § 1, p. 912.
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Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.