Washington Code 9.94A.7603 – Legal financial obligations — Payroll deductions — Maximum amounts withheld, apportionment
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(1) The total amount to be withheld from the offender/employee’s earnings each month, or from each earnings disbursement, shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the disposable earnings of the offender.
Terms Used In Washington Code 9.94A.7603
- disposable earnings: means that part of the earnings of any individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amount required by law to be withheld. See Washington Code 9.94A.7601
- earnings: means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, hours, or otherwise, and notwithstanding any other provision of law making such payments exempt from garnishment, attachment, or other process to satisfy court-ordered legal financial obligations, specifically includes periodic payments pursuant to pension or retirement programs, or insurance policies of any type. See Washington Code 9.94A.7601
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
(2) If the offender is subject to two or more notices of payroll deduction for payment of a court-ordered legal financial obligation from different obligees, the employer or entity shall, if the nonexempt portion of the offender’s earnings is not sufficient to respond fully to all notices of payroll deduction, apportion the offender’s nonexempt disposable earnings between or among the various obligees equally.
[ 1991 c 93 § 4. Formerly RCW 9.94A.200015.]
NOTES:
Retroactive application—Captions not law—1991 c 93: See notes following RCW 9.94A.7601.