Bankruptcy Exemption Citations
A Research Database... updated as time allows... Not guaranteed to be complete or up to date ... you can find pay services for that... Not a subsitute for legal advice

← Washington Public Benefits Exemptions

Exemption: Unemployment compensation

Citation: Stat. - Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 50.40.020

.
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 50.40.020 :
Title 50. Unemployment Compensation (Refs & Annos)

Chapter 50.40. Miscellaneous Provisions

50.40.020. Exemption of benefits

Any assignment, pledge, or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this title shall be void. Such rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debts, except as provided in RCW 50.40.050. Benefits received by any individual, so long as they are not commingled with other funds of the recipient, shall be exempt from any remedy whatsoever for collection of all debts except debts incurred for necessaries furnished such individual or his spouse or dependents during the time when such individual was unemployed. Any waiver of any exemption provided for in this section shall be void.
Last Amended: 2010
2010
CREDIT(S)

[2010 c 8 � 13041, eff. June 10, 2010; 1982 1st ex.s. c 18 � 10. Prior: 1982 c 201 � 7; 1945 c 35 � 183; Rem. Supp. 1945 � 9998-322; prior: 1943 c 127 � 11; 1941 c 253 � 12; 1939 c 214 � 13; 1937 c 162 � 15. Formerly codified in RCW 50.40.020, part and 50.40.030, part.]
ADVERTISEMENT -
  • Other State Citations
  • Other States on this topic

Other Washington Exemption Citations

50 State Public Benefits Exemptions