Washington Code 41.28.200 – Exemption from process — Rights not assignable
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The right of a person to a pension, an annuity or a retirement allowance, to the return of contributions, the pension, annuity or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the moneys in the fund created under this chapter shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, or any other process whatsoever, whether the same be in actual possession of the person or be deposited or loaned and shall be unassignable except as in this chapter specifically provided.
[ 2012 c 159 § 22; 1939 c 207 § 21; RRS § 9592-121.]
Terms Used In Washington Code 41.28.200
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Annuity: shall mean payments derived from contributions made by a member as provided in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- Pension: shall mean payments derived from contributions made by the city as provided for in RCW 41. See Washington Code 41.28.010
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
- Retirement allowance: shall mean the pension plus the annuity. See Washington Code 41.28.010