California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 706.050

CCP § 706.050 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 2 · Title 9 · Part 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 3

Statute text

(a)Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the maximum amount of disposable earnings of an individual judgment debtor for any workweek that is subject to levy under an earnings withholding order shall not exceed the lesser of the following:

(1)Twenty percent of the individual’s disposable earnings for that week.

(2)Forty percent of the amount by which the individual’s disposable earnings for that week exceed 48 times the state minimum hourly wage in effect at the time the earnings are payable. If a judgment debtor works in a location where the local minimum hourly wage is greater than the state minimum hourly wage, the local minimum hourly wage in effect at the time the earnings are payable shall be used for the calculation made pursuant to this paragraph.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 849, Sec. 2. (SB 1477) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative September 1, 2023, by its own provisions.