Any persons, firm, company, corporation or business institution guilty of a violation of section 25-1560 or 25-1561 , shall be liable to the party injured through such violation thereof for the amount of the debt sold, assigned, transferred, garnished or sued upon with all costs and expenses and reasonable attorney's fee, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, and shall further be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1563
Exempt wages; interstate business; violation; penalty
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Butler v. Becton, Dickenson & Co. (In Re Loomer) (1996)
Most recently applied in 12 Neb. Ct. App. 1 - Zaleski v. Collection Bureau of Grand Island (June 2003)
Laws 1889, c. 25, § 4, p. 370; R.S.1913, § 8110; C.S.1922, § 9046; C.S.1929, § 20-1564; R.S.1943, § 25-1563; Laws 1977, LB 40, § 100.
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