33 U.S.C. § 916 — Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors

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This section sets rules about Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors. It states the duties, conditions, rights, or penalties that apply under those rules.

No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation or benefits due or payable under this chapter, except as provided by this chapter, must be valid, and such compensation and benefits must be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution, and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived.

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No assignment, release, or commutation of compensation or benefits due or payable under this chapter, except as provided by this chapter, shall be valid, and such compensation and benefits shall be exempt from all claims of creditors and from levy, execution, and attachment or other remedy for recovery or collection of a debt, which exemption may not be waived.

Source credit: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 16, 44 Stat. 1434.)

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1927Enacted · Act of Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509 · 44 Stat. 1434

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