33 U.S.C. § 775
Section 775 · Payments nonassignable and exempt from process
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re Howell (1980)
Most recently applied in United States v. Carey (In Re Carey) (December 1983)
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.
No payment under sections 771 to 775 of this title shall be assignable, either in law or in equity, or be subject to execution, levy, lien, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.
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Cross References
Enforcement of legal obligations to provide child support and make alimony payments, see section 659 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.