Nebraska Statutes 48-149. Compensation payments; nonassignable; not subject to attachment; exceptions
No proceeds or interest thereon from payments or lump-sum settlements under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act or law of another state which provides compensation and benefits for employees sustaining job-related injuries shall be assignable, subject to attachment or garnishment, or held liable in any way for any debts, except (1) as provided in section 48-108 and (2) payments under the act or any law of another state which provides compensation and benefits for employees sustaining job-related injuries shall be subject to income withholding under the Income Withholding for Child Support Act, administrative attachment and bank matching pursuant to sections 43-3328 to 43-3339, and garnishment by a county attorney or authorized attorney pursuant to section 43-512.03 or garnishment for child support as defined in section 43-1705 by an obligee as defined in section 43-1713.
Source
- Laws 1913, c. 198, § 50, p. 600;
- R.S.1913, § 3691;
- C.S.1922, § 3073;
- C.S.1929, § 48-150;
- R.S.1943, § 48-149;
- Laws 1986, LB 811, § 76;
- Laws 1993, LB 523, § 24;
- Laws 1993, LB 118, § 2;
- Laws 1997, LB 752, § 124.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 48-149
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- 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
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801