No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation or benefits due or payable under this chapter, except as provided by this chapter, shall be valid; and such compensation and benefits shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution, and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may be waived. This section prevails over Sections 75-9-406 and 75-9-408 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code to the extent, if any, that these sections may otherwise be applicable.
Miss. Code Ann. § 71-3-43
Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 71–71 (99 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 631 So. 2d 167 - Green v. State (1994)
Most recently applied in 858 So. 2d 923 - Goodman v. Coast Materials Co. (November 2003)
Codes, 1942, § 6998-22; Laws, 1948, ch. 354, § 16; reenacted without change, Laws, 1982, ch. 473, § 22; reenacted without change, Laws, 1990, ch. 405, § 23; Laws, 2001, ch. 495,…
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