15 U.S.C. § 1675
Section 1675 · Exemption for State-regulated garnishments
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case 326 F. Supp. 419 - Hodgson v. Cleveland Municipal Court (1971)
Most recently applied in Lucas Cty. Job & Family Servs. v. Joshaway (July 2016)
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.
The Secretary of Labor may by regulation exempt from the provisions of section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title garnishments issued under the laws of any State if he determines that the laws of that State provide restrictions on garnishment which are substantially similar to those provided in section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1977—Pub. L. 95 30 substituted “section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title” for “section 1673(a) of this title” in two places.