California Labor Code

§ 300

LAB § 300 Effective Jan 1, 1993Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)As used in this section, the phrase “assignment of wages” includes the sale or assignment of, or giving of an order for, wages or salary but does not include an order or assignment made pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 5200) of Part 5 of Division 9 of the Family Code or Section 3088 of the Probate Code.

(b)No assignment of wages, earned or to be earned, is valid unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1)The assignment is contained in a separate written instrument, signed by the person by whom the wages or salary have been earned or are to be earned, and identifying specifically the transaction to which the assignment relates.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 163, Sec. 99. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 161 of Ch. 163.