42 U.S.C. § 1717 — Assignment of benefits; execution, levy, etc., against benefits

submitted 84 years ago by ch. 668 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 90 words · no verdicts yet

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Benefits payable under this chapter may not generally be assigned or taken by creditors. The section states the limited treatment of benefits in legal proceedings and the exceptions it identifies.

The right of any person to any benefit under subchapter I must not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity except to the United States, and none of the moneys paid or payable (except money paid under this section as reimbursement for funeral expenses or as reimbursement with respect to payments of workmen’s compensation or in the nature of workmen’s compensation benefits), or rights existing under said subchapter, must be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

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The right of any person to any benefit under subchapter I shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity except to the United States, and none of the moneys paid or payable (except money paid hereunder as reimbursement for funeral expenses or as reimbursement with respect to payments of workmen’s compensation or in the nature of workmen’s compensation benefits), or rights existing under said subchapter, shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

Source credit: (Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668, title II, § 207, 56 Stat. 1035.)

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1942Enacted · Act of Dec. 2, 1942, ch. 668 · 56 Stat. 1035

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