Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.030 :: Personal Property Exemptions : California Bankruptcy Law

Citation: Stat. - Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.030

California Bankruptcy Exemptions

Category: Personal Property

Summary: Building materials to repair or improve home to $3,500 (husband and wife may not double)

Web View:

Show statute | State Statute Home Page | Report a broken link

Other State Citations
Other States on this topic 2

Other California Exemption Citations

Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.710 - The amount of the homestead exemption is the greater of the following: (1) The countywide median sale price for a single-family home in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the judgment debtor claims the exemption, not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000*). (2) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000*). (* adjusted annually for inflation, beginning on January 1, 2022.)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.720 - The amount of the homestead exemption is the greater of the following: (1) The countywide median sale price for a single-family home in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the judgment debtor claims the exemption, not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000*). (2) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000*). (* adjusted annually for inflation, beginning on January 1, 2022.)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.730 - The amount of the homestead exemption is the greater of the following: (1) The countywide median sale price for a single-family home in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the judgment debtor claims the exemption, not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000*). (2) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000*). (* adjusted annually for inflation, beginning on January 1, 2022.)
In re McFall, 112 B.R. 336 (9th Cir. B.A.P. 1990) - The amount of the homestead exemption is the greater of the following: (1) The countywide median sale price for a single-family home in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the judgment debtor claims the exemption, not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000*). (2) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000*). (* adjusted annually for inflation, beginning on January 1, 2022.)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.920 - May file homestead declaration to protect exemption amount from attachment of judicial liens and to protect proceeds of voluntary sale for 6 months.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.950 - May file homestead declaration to protect exemption amount from attachment of judicial liens and to protect proceeds of voluntary sale for 6 months.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.960 - May file homestead declaration to protect exemption amount from attachment of judicial liens and to protect proceeds of voluntary sale for 6 months.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.130 - Disability or health benefits
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.170 - Fraternal Benefit Society benefits
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.120 - Fraternal unemployment benefits
In re Laskin, 222 B.R. 872 (9th Cir BAP 1998) - Cannot strip off lien using 506 in chapter 7
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.050 - Exemptions Indexed for inflation every 4 years
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(9) - Exemptions Indexed for inflation every 4 years
Cal. Fin. Code � 17410 - Funds held in escrow
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.200 - Burial plot
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.030 - Building materials to repair or improve home to $3,500 (husband and wife may not double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.080 - Bank deposits from Social Security Administration to $3,500 ($5,250 for husband and wife); unlimited if SS funds are not commingled with other funds Bank deposits of other public benefits to $1,750 ($2,600 for husband and wife)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.020 - Appliances, furnishings, clothing, & food
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.110 - Public retirement benefits
Cal. Gov't. Code � 21255 - Public employees
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.115 - Private retirement benefits, including IRAs & Keoghs
Cal. Gov't. Code � 31913 - County peace officers
Cal. Gov't. Code � 32210 - County firefighters
Cal. Gov't. Code � 31452 - County employees
Cal. Corp. Code � 16501 - Property of business partnership
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 695.060 - Business or professional licenses
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.090 - Inmates' trust funds to $1,750 (husband and wife may not double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.100 (b) - Unmatured life insurance policy loan value to $12,800 (husband & wife may double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.100 (c) - Matured life insurance benefits needed for support
Cal. Ins. Code � 10132 - Life insurance proceeds or avails if clause prohibits proceeds from being used to pay beneficiary's creditors
Cal. Ins. Code � 10170 - Life insurance proceeds or avails if clause prohibits proceeds from being used to pay beneficiary's creditors
Cal. Ins. Code � 10171 - Life insurance proceeds or avails if clause prohibits proceeds from being used to pay beneficiary's creditors
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.720 (b) - Homeowners' insurance proceeds for 6 months after received, to homestead exemption amount
Cal. Lab. Code � 404 - Fidelity bonds
Cal. Civ. Code � 1366 (c) - Homeowners' Association Assessments (only exempt from association's creditors)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.040 - Jewelry, heirlooms & art to $8,725 total (husband and wife may not double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.010 - Motor vehicles to $3,325, or $3,325 in auto insurance for loss or damages (husband and wife may not double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.140 (a) - Personal injury & wrongful death causes of action
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.150 (a) - Personal injury & wrongful death causes of action
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.140 (b),(c),(d) - Personal injury & wrongful death recoveries needed for support; if receiving installments, at least 75%
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.150 (b),(c) - Personal injury & wrongful death recoveries needed for support; if receiving installments, at least 75%
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.170 - Aid to blind, aged, disabled; public assistance
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.190 - Financial aid to students
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.180 - Relocation benefits
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.120 - Unemployment benefits
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.120 (b)(5) - Union benefits due to labor dispute
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.160 - Workers' compensation
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.060 - Tools, implements, materials, instruments, uniforms, books, furnishings, & equipment to $8,725 total ($17,450 total if used by both spouses in same occupation); Commercial motor vehicle to $4,850 ($9,700 if used by debtor and spouse in same trade)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.060 - Commercial vehicle (Vehicle Code � 260) to $4,850 ($9,700 total if used by both spouses in same occupation)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.070 - Minimum 75% of wages paid within 30 days prior to filing
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.113 - Public employees' vacation credits; if receiving installments, at least 75%
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.150 - Exemptions Indexed for inflation every 4 years
Cal. Corp. Code � 16502 - Property of business partnership
Cal. Corp. Code � 16503 - Property of business partnership
Cal. Corp. Code � 16504 - Property of business partnership
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.130 - California has elected to "opt out" of the federal exemptions pursuant to Code � 522(b). CCPC � 703.130. In California, the state law provides for two alternative sets of exemptions with one of the alternatives being very similar to the exemptions listed in Code � 522(d). Choices between the two alternatives are limited in that a husband and wife filing jointly must both elect the same alternative and a married debtor filing individually cannot elect the provisions similar to those provided under the Bankruptcy Code unless the nonfiling spouse agrees to waive the right to claim the alternative exemption during the subsequent bankruptcy of that debtor.
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.150 (c) - The amount of the homestead exemption is the greater of the following: (1) The countywide median sale price for a single-family home in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the judgment debtor claims the exemption, not to exceed six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000*). (2) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000*). (* adjusted annually for inflation, beginning on January 1, 2022.)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.210 - Funds held in escrow

50 State Personal Property Exemptions

Alaska Stat. � 09.38.015 (a)(11) - Alaska benefits for low income seniors
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.015 (e) - Money held in mortgage escrow accounts after July 1, 2008
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.020 (a) - Books, musical instruments, clothing, family portraits, household goods, & heirlooms to $4,050 total
Alaska Stat. � 34.35.105 - Building materials
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.015 (a)(1) - Burial plot
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.030 (b) - Cash or other liquid assets to $1,890; for sole wage earner in household, $2,970 (restrictions apply -- see wages)
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.015 (a)(2) - Health aids needed
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.020 (b) - Jewelry to $1,350
Alaska Admin. Code tit. 8, � 95.030 (b)(4) - Pets to $1,350
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.020 (e) - Motor vehicle to $4,050; vehicle's market value can't exceed $27,000
Alaska Admin. Code tit. 8, � 95.030 (b)(5) - Motor vehicle to $4,050; vehicle's market value can't exceed $27,000
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.030 (e)(3) - Personal injury recoveries, to extent wages exempt
Alaska Admin. Code tit. 8, � 95.030 (b)(2) - Jewelry to $1,350
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.020 (d) - Pets to $1,350
Alaska Admin. Code tit. 8, � 95.030 (d)(2), (e)(2) - Cash or other liquid assets to $1,890; for sole wage earner in household, $2,970 (restrictions apply -- see wages)
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.060 - Proceeds for lost, damaged, or destroyed exempt property
Alaska Admin. Code tit. 8, � 95.030 (b)(1) - Books, musical instruments, clothing, family portraits, household goods, & heirlooms to $4,050 total
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.015 (a)(8) - Tuition credits under an advance college tuition payment contract
Alaska Stat. � 09.38.030 (e)(3) - Wrongful death recoveries, to extent wages exempt
Ala. Code � 6-10-6 - Books of debtor and family
Ala. Code � 6-10-5 - Burial place for self and family
Ala. Code � 6-10-5 - Church pew for self and family
Ala. Code � 6-10-6 - Clothing of debtor and family
Ala. Code � 6-10-6 - Family portraits or pictures
In re Kelley, 455 B.R. 710 (ED. Ark 2011) - Statute allows exemption of Motor vehicle to $1,200. However, Ark. Constitution limits exemption to $200.
Ark. Code Ann. � 16-66-207 - Burial plot to 5 acres, if choosing Federal homestead exemption (option 2)
Ark. Code Ann. � 16-66-218 (a)(1) - Burial plot to 5 acres, if choosing Federal homestead exemption (option 2)
Ark. Const. Art. 9, � 1 - Clothing
Ark. Const. Art. 9, � 2 - Clothing
Ark. Code Ann. � 16-66-218 (a)(2) - Statute allows exemption of Motor vehicle to $1,200. However, Ark. Constitution limits exemption to $200.
Ark. Code Ann. � 23-40-117 - Prepaid funeral trusts
Ark. Code Ann. � 16-66-219 - Wedding rings
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1126 (A)(9) - Bank deposit to $300 in one account
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1123 - Household furniture and furnishings, household goods, including consumer electronic devices, and household appliances personally used by the debtor or a dependent of the debtor and not otherwise specifically prescribed in this chapter are exempt from process provided their aggregate fair market value does not exceed $6,000.
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1125 - Bible; bicycle; sewing machine; typewriter; computer, burial plot; rifle, pistol, or shotgun to $1000 total
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1125 - Books to $250; clothing to $500; wedding & engagement rings to $2,000; watch to $150; pets, horses, milk cows, & poultry to $800; musical instruments to $400
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1124 - Food & fuel to last 6 months
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 32-1391.05 (4) - Funeral deposits to $5,000
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1125 (9) - Health aids
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1125 (8) - Equity in one motor vehicle to $6,000 ($12,000, if debtor is physically disabled)
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1126 (C) - Prepaid rent or security deposit to $2,000 or 1-1/2 times your rent, whichever is less, in lieu of homestead
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 33-1126 (A)(5),(8) - Proceeds for sold or damaged exempt property
Ariz. Rev. Stat. � 12-592 - Wrongful death awards
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(11)(B) - Wrongful death recoveries needed for support
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(11)(D),(E) - Personal injury recoveries to $29,275 ( not to include pain & suffering; pecuniary loss)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(2) - Motor Vehicles to $5,850
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(4) - Jewelry to $1,750
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(9) - Health aids
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(1) - Burial plot to $29,275, in lieu of homestead
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(3) - Animals, crops, appliances, furnishings, household goods, books, musical instruments & clothing to $725 per item
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.210 - Funds held in escrow
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.150 - Exemptions Indexed for inflation every 4 years
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.050 - Exemptions Indexed for inflation every 4 years
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 703.140 (b)(9) - Exemptions Indexed for inflation every 4 years
Cal. Fin. Code � 17410 - Funds held in escrow
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.200 - Burial plot
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.030 - Building materials to repair or improve home to $3,500 (husband and wife may not double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.080 - Bank deposits from Social Security Administration to $3,500 ($5,250 for husband and wife); unlimited if SS funds are not commingled with other funds Bank deposits of other public benefits to $1,750 ($2,600 for husband and wife)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.020 - Appliances, furnishings, clothing, & food
Cal. Civ. Code � 1366 (c) - Homeowners' Association Assessments (only exempt from association's creditors)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.040 - Jewelry, heirlooms & art to $8,725 total (husband and wife may not double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.010 - Motor vehicles to $3,325, or $3,325 in auto insurance for loss or damages (husband and wife may not double)
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.140 (a) - Personal injury & wrongful death causes of action
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.150 (a) - Personal injury & wrongful death causes of action
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.140 (b),(c),(d) - Personal injury & wrongful death recoveries needed for support; if receiving installments, at least 75%
Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.150 (b),(c) - Personal injury & wrongful death recoveries needed for support; if receiving installments, at least 75%
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(d) - 1 burial plot per family member
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(a) - Clothing to $2,000
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(f) - Food & fuel to $600
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(p) - Health Aids
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(e) - Household goods to $3,000
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(b) - Jewelry & articles of adornment (watches) to $2,500
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (j)(I), (II) - Motor vehicles or bicycles used for work to $7,500; to $12,500 if used by a debtor or by a dependent who is disabled or age 60 or older
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(n) - Personal injury recoveries
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(c) - Family pictures & books to $2,000
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(m) - Proceeds for damaged exempt property
Colo. Rev. Stat. � 13-54-102 (1)(r) - Security deposits
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-352b (q) - Proceeds for damaged exempt property
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-352b (l) - Residential utility & security deposits for 1 residence
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-321 (d) - Spendthrift trust funds required for support of debtor & family
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-352b (u) - Transfers to a licensed debt adjuster
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-352b (k) - Wedding & engagement rings
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-352b (a) - Appliances, food, clothing, furniture, bedding
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-352b (c) - Burial plot
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-352b (f) - Health aids needed
Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. � 52-352b (j) - Motor vehicle to $3,500
D.C. Code Ann. � 15-501 (a)(2) - Appliances, books, clothing, household furnishings, and goods, musical instruments, pets to $425 per item or $8,625 total
D.C. Code Ann. � 43-111 - Cemetery and burial funds
D.C. Code Ann. � 29-928 - Cooperative association holdings to $500
D.C. Code Ann. � 15-501 (a)(12) - Food for 3 months
D.C. Code Ann. � 15-501 (a)(6) - Health aids
D.C. Code Ann. � 47-4510 - Higher education tuition savings account
D.C. Code Ann. � 42-1904.09 - Residential condominium deposit
D.C. Code Ann. � 15-501 (a)(8) - All family pictures; and all the family library, to $400
D.C. Code Ann. � 16-2703 - Wrongful death damages
D.C. Code Ann. � 15-501 (a)(1) - Motor vehicle to $2,575
D.C. Code Ann. � 15-501 (a)(11) - Payment including pain & suffering for loss of debtor or person depended on
D.C. Code Ann. � 31-2408.01 (h) - Uninsured motorist benefits
D.C. Code Ann. � 15-501 (a)(11) - Wrongful death damages
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4914 (b) - Up to $25,000 total in personal property and/or equity in real property, other than the debtor's principal residence
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4902 (a) - Bible, books, & family pictures
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4902 (a) - Burial plot
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4902 (a) - Church pew or any seat in public place of worship
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4902 (a) - Clothing, includes jewelry
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4916 - College investment plan account (limit for year before filing is $5,000 or average of past two years' contribution whichever is more)
Del. Code Ann. tit. 12, � 3536 - Principal and income of spendthrift trusts
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4902 (d) - Pianos and leased organs
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4902 (c) - Sewing machines
Del. Code Ann. tit. 10, � 4914 (c)(2) - Motor vehicle to $15,000 if necessary for employment
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 222.25 - $4,000 of any personal property in lieu of homestead exemption. This exemption does not apply to a debt owed for child support or spousal support.
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 497.413 - Pre-need funeral contract deposits
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 222.22 (4) - Prepaid hurricane savings account deposits
In re Hawkins, 51 B.R. 348 (S.D. Fla. 1985) - Any personal property to $1,000 (husband & wife may double)
Fla. Const. Art.10, � 4 - Any personal property to $1,000 (husband & wife may double)
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 222.25 (3) - Federal income tax refund or credit
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 222.25 (2) - Health aids
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 222.25 (1) - Motor vehicle to $1,000
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 497.456 (8) - Pre-need funeral contract deposits
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 222.22 (1),(3) - Prepaid college education trust deposits
Fla. Stat. Ann. � 222.22 (2) - Prepaid medical savings account deposits and flexible spending account.
Ga. Code Ann. � 44-13-100 (a)(1) - Burial plot, in lieu of homestead
Ga. Code Ann. � 44-13-100 (a)(10) - Health aids
Ga. Code Ann. � 44-13-100 (a)(5) - Jewelry to $500
Ga. Code Ann. � 44-13-100 (a)(11)(E) - Compensation for lost future earnings needed for support to $7,500
Ga. Code Ann. � 44-13-100 (a)(3) - Motor vehicles to $5,000
Ga. Code Ann. � 44-13-100 (a)(11)(D) - Personal injury recoveries to $10,000
Ga. Code Ann. � 44-13-100 (a)(11)(B) - Wrongful death recoveries needed for support
Ga. Code Ann. � 44-13-100 (a)(4) - Animals, crops, clothing, appliances, books, furnishings, household goods, musical instruments to $300 per item, $5,000 total
Haw. Rev. Stat. � 651-121 (1) - Books
Haw. Rev. Stat. � 651-121 (4) - Burial plot to 250 sq. ft. plus tombstones, monuments, & fencing
Haw. Rev. Stat. � 651-121 (1) - Clothing
Haw. Rev. Stat. � 651-121 (1) - Jewelry, watches, & articles of adornment to $1,000
Haw. Rev. Stat. � 651-121 (2) - Motor vehicle to wholesale value of $2,575
Haw. Rev. Stat. � 651-121 (5) - Proceeds for sold or damaged exempt property; sale proceeds exempt for 6 months after sale
Haw. Rev. Stat. � 651-121 (1) - Appliances & furnishings
Iowa Code � 627.6 (3) - Bibles, books, portraits, pictures, & paintings to $1,000 total
Iowa Code � 627.6 (4) - Burial plot to 1 acre
Iowa Code � 627.6 (7) - Health aids
Iowa Code � 627.6 (9) - One motor vehicle to $7,000
Iowa Code � 627.6 (15) - Residential security or utility deposit, or advance rent, to $500
Iowa Code � 627.6 (2) - Rifle or musket; shotgun
Iowa Code � 627.6 (1)(a) - Wedding or engagement rings, limited to $7,000 if purchased after the date of marriage and less than two prior to years of filing.
Iowa Code � 627.6 (5) - Clothing & its storage containers, household furnishings, appliances, musical instruments, and other personal property to $7,000
Iowa Code � 627.6 (10) - Tax refund, & accrued wages to $1,000
Iowa Code � 627.6 (16) - Wrongful death proceeds and awards needed for support of debtor & dependents
Iowa Code � 627.6 (1)(b) - Jewelry to $2,000
Idaho Code � 45-514 - Building materials
Idaho Code � 11-603 (1) - Burial plot
Idaho Code � 11-604A (4)(b) - College savings program account
Idaho Code � 11-605 (7) - Crops cultivated on maximum of 50 acres, to $1,000; water rights to 160 inches of water
Idaho Code � 11-603 (2) - Health aids
Idaho Code � 11-605 (2) - Jewelry to $1,000
Idaho Code � 11-605 (8) - One firearm up to $750
Idaho Code � 11-605 (3) - Motor vehicle to $7,000
Idaho Code � 11-604 (1)(c) - Personal injury recoveries
Idaho Code � 11-606 - Proceeds for damaged exempt property for 3 months after proceeds received
Idaho Code � 11-604 (1)(c) - Wrongful death recoveries
Idaho Code � 11-605 (4) - Provisions of food or water together with storage containers and shelving, sufficient for twelve (12) months for use of the debtor or dependents
Idaho Code � 11-605 (1) - Appliances, furnishings, books, clothing, pets, musical instruments, family portraits, & sentimental heirlooms to $750 per item, $7,500 total
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 (j) - Illinois College Savings Pool accounts, invested more than 1 year before filing if below federal gift tax limit, or 2 years if more than federal gift tax limit
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 (e) - Health aids
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 (c) - Motor vehicle to $2,400
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 (h)(4) - Personal injury recoveries to $15,000
235 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/6-1 - Pre-need cemetery sales funds, care funds, and trust funds
760 Ill. Comp. Stat. 100/4 - Pre-need cemetery sales funds, care funds, and trust funds
815 Ill. Comp. Stat. 390/16 - Pre-need cemetery sales funds, care funds, and trust funds
110 Ill. Comp. Stat. 979/45 (g) - Prepaid tuition trust fund
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 - Proceeds of sold exempt property
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 (h)(2) - Wrongful death recoveries
735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/12-1001 (a) - Bible, family pictures, schoolbooks, & clothing
Ind. Code Ann. � 34-55-10-2 (c)(8) - Money in medical care or health savings accounts
Ind. Code Ann. � 34-55-7-9 - Survivng spouse's share of decedents property
Ind. Code Ann. � 34-55-10-2 (c)(9) - Education savings accounts and prepaid tuition; unlimited for contributions made at least two years prior to filing; to $5,000 for contributions made between 1 and years prior to filing. No exemption for contributions made less than 1 year prior to filing.
Ind. Code Ann. � 34-55-10-2 (c)(10) - Education savings accounts and prepaid tuition; unlimited for contributions made at least two years prior to filing; to $5,000 for contributions made between 1 and years prior to filing. No exemption for contributions made less than 1 year prior to filing.
Ind. Code Ann. � 34-55-10-2 (c)(7) - Money in medical care or health savings accounts
Ind. Code Ann. � 30-4-3-2 - Spendthrift trusts
Ind. Code Ann. � 34-55-10-2 (c)(3) - $400 of any intangible personal property, except money owed to you
Ind. Code Ann. � 6-8-11-19 - Money in medical care or health savings accounts
Ind. Code Ann. � 34-55-10-2 (c)(4) - Health aids
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 17-1302 - Burial plot or crypt
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 60-2304 (a) - Clothing to last 1 year
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 60-2304 (a) - Food & fuel to last 1 year
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 60-2313 (a)(10) - Funeral plan prepayments
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 16-310 (d) - Funeral plan prepayments
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 60-2304 (a) - Furnishings & household equipment
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 60-2304 (b) - Jewelry & articles of adornment to $1,000
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 60-2304 (c) - Motor vehicle to $20,000; if designed or equipped for disabled person, no limit
Kan. Stat. Ann. � 60-2304 (d) - Burial plot or crypt
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 427.010 (1) - Clothing, jewelry, articles of adornment, & furnishings to $3,000 total
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 427.060 - Burial plot to $5,000, in lieu of homestead
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 427.010 (1) - Health aids
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 427.150 (2)(d) - Lost earnings payments needed for support
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 304.39-260 - Medical expenses paid & reparation benefits received under motor vehicle reparation law
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 427.010 (1) - Motor vehicle to $2,500
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 427.150 (2)(c) - Personal injury recoveries to $7,500 (not to include pain & suffering or pecuniary loss)
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 164A.707 (3) - Prepaid tuition payment fund account
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 427.150 (2)(b) - Wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on, needed for support
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 13:3881 (A)(4) - Arms, military accoutrements; bedding; dishes, glassware, utensils, silverware (nonsterling); clothing, family portraits, musical instruments; bedroom, living room, & dining room furniture; poultry, 1 cow, household pets; heating & cooling equipment, refrigerator, freezer, stove, washer & dryer, iron, sewing machine
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 8:313 - Cemetery plot, monuments
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 13:3881 (A)(5) - Engagement & wedding rings to $5,000
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 9:2004 - Spendthrift trusts
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 13:3881 (A)(2) - $7,500 of equity in a motor vehicle
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 13:3881 - $7,500 of equity in a motor vehicle modified for disability
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 13:3881 (A)(7) - Disaster relief insurance proceeds for exempt property
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 17:3095 - Education savings account established pursuant to R.S. 17:3095
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 22:912 (C) - Education savings account established pursuant to R.S. 17:3095
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (15) - Bank deposits to $2,500
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, � 28A - Bank deposits to $2,500
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (12) - Sewing machine/computer/TV to $300
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (16) - Motor vehicle to $7,500; to $15,000 if used by elderly or disabled debtor
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (18) - Jewelry to $1,225
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (1) - Beds & bedding; heating unit, stove, refrigerator, freezer & hot water heater; clothing
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (3) - Bibles & books to $500 total
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (11) - Burial plots, tombs, & church pew
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (1) - Cash for fuel, heat, water, or light to $500 per month
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (14) - Cash to $2,500/month for rent, in lieu of homestead
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (13) - Cooperative association shares to $100
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (4) - 2 cows, 12 sheep, 2 swine, 4 tons of hay
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (7) - Food or cash for food to $600
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, � 34 (2) - Household furnishings to $15,000
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, � 6A - Moving expenses for eminent domain
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, � 28A - Trust company, bank, or credit union deposits to $2500
Md. Code Ann., [Cts. & Jud. Proc.] � 11-504 (b)(4) - Appliances, furnishings, household goods, books, pets, & clothing to $1000 total
Md. Code Ann., [Bus. Reg.] � 5-503 - Burial plot
Md. Code Ann., [Cts. & Jud. Proc.] � 11-504 (b)(3) - Health aids
Md. Code Ann., [Bus. Reg.] � 5-603 - Perpetual care trust funds
Md. Code Ann., [Educ.] � 18-1913 - Prepaid college trust funds
Md. Code Ann., [Cts. & Jud. Proc.] � 11-504 (b)(2) - Lost future earnings recoveries
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (3) - Animals, crops, musical instruments, books, clothing, furnishings, household goods, appliances to $200 per item
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 9-A, � 5-103 - Balance due on repossessed goods; total amount financed can't exceed $2,000
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (1) - Burial plot in lieu of homestead exemption
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (6)(A),(B) - Cooking stove; furnaces & stoves for heat
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (7)(A) - Food to last 6 months
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (6)(C) - Fuel not to exceed 10 cords of wood, 5 tons of coal, or 1,000 gal. of heating oil
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (12) - Health aids
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (4) - Jewelry to $750
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (14)(E) - Lost earnings payments needed for support
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 37-B, � 262 - Military clothes, arms, & equipment
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (2) - Motor vehicle to $5,000
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (14)(D) - Personal injury recoveries to $12,500
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (7)(B) - Seeds, fertilizers, & feed to raise & harvest food for 1 season
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (7)(C) - Tools & equipment to raise & harvest food
Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, � 4422 (14)(B) - Wrongful death recoveries needed for support
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(a)(vi) - Burial plots, cemeteries
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(c) - Appliances, utensils, books, furniture, & household goods, to $700 each, to $4,050 total
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(d) - Church pew, slip, seat for entire family to $700
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(k) - Building & loan association shares to $1,175 par value, in lieu of homestead (Repealed 2012)
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(a) - Clothing; family pictures
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(e) - Crops, farm animals, and feed for the farm animals to $2,700
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(g) - Motor Vehicle to $3,725
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(h) - 1 Computer & accessories to $700
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(f) - Household pets to $700
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(a) - Professionally prescribed health aids
Mich. Comp. Laws � 600.5451 (1)(b) - Food & fuel to last family for 6 months
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subd. 4(b) - Appliances, furniture, jewelry, radio, phonographs, & TV to $10,800 total
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subd. 4(c) - Wedding rings or symbols to $2,940
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subd. 2 - Bible and books
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subd. 3 - Burial plot; church pew or seat
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subd. 4(a) - Clothing, one watch, food, & utensils for family
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subd. 12(a) - Motor vehicle to $4,800 (up to $48,000 if vehicle has been modified for disability)
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subd. 22 - Personal injury recoveries
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subds. 9, 16 - Proceeds for damaged exempt property
Minn. Stat. Ann. � 550.37 subd. 22 - Wrongful death recoveries
In re Mahony, 374 B.R. 717 (Bankr.W.D.Mo. Sep 04, 2007) - Personal injury causes of action - NO LONGER EXEMPT as of September 4, 2007 - no "common law" exemptions in Missouri. Must all be statutory, according to In re Mahony (W.D.Mo.), citing In re Benn (8th Cir).
In re Benn, 491 F.3d 811 (8th Cir. 2007) - Personal injury causes of action - NO LONGER EXEMPT as of September 4, 2007 - no "common law" exemptions in Missouri. Must all be statutory, according to In re Mahony (W.D.Mo.), citing In re Benn (8th Cir).
Mo. Rev. Stat. � 214.190 - Burial grounds to 1 acre or $100
Mo. Rev. Stat. � 513.430 1.(9) - Health aids
Mo. Rev. Stat. � 513.430 1.(2) - Wedding (or engagement) ring to $1,500, other jewelry to $500
Mo. Rev. Stat. � 513.430 1.(5) - Motor vehicles to $3,000 in aggregate.
In re Mitchell,, 73 B.R. 93 (E.D. Mo. 1987) - Personal injury causes of action - NO LONGER EXEMPT as of September 4, 2007 - no "common law" exemptions in Missouri. Must all be statutory, according to In re Mahony (W.D.Mo.), citing In re Benn (8th Cir).
Mo. Rev. Stat. � 513.430 1.(11) - Wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on
Mo. Rev. Stat. � 513.430 1.(1) - Appliances, household goods, furnishings, clothing, books, crops, animals, & musical instruments to $3,000 total
Mo. Rev. Stat. � 513.430 (12) - Firearms, including accessories and ammunition to $1,500
Mo. Rev. Stat. � 513.430 (1)(10)(f) - Health savings accounts
In re Urie, 2006 WL 533514 (Bankr.W.D.Mo 2006) - Wedding (or engagement) ring to $1,500, other jewelry to $500
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-1 (l) - Mississippi Catastrophe Savings Accounts
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-1 (e) - Mobile home to $30,000
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-17 - Personal injury judgments to $10,000
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-1 (b)(i) - Sale or insurance proceeds for exempt property
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-1 (j) - Federal tax refund to $5,000
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-1 (k) - State Tax Refund to $5,000
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-1 (g) - State health savings accounts
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-1 (f) - Tax-qualified �529 education savings plans, including those under the prepaid Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (MPACT) Program
Miss. Code Ann. � 91-1-19 - Decedents exempt property maintains exempt status when passed to beneficary
Darby v Stinson, 68 So. 3d 702 (Miss. Ct. App 2011) - Decedents exempt property maintains exempt status when passed to beneficary
Miss. Code Ann. � 85-3-1 (a) - Tangible personal property to $10,000: any items worth less than $200 each; furniture, dishes, kitchenware, household goods, appliances, 1 radio & 1 TV, 1 firearm, 1 lawnmower, clothing, wedding rings, motor vehicles, tools of the trade, books, crops, health aids, domestic animals (does not include works of art, antiques, jewelry, or electronic entertainment equipment)
Mont. Code Ann. � 25-13-608 (1)(h) - Burial plot
Mont. Code Ann. � 35-15-404 - Cooperative association shares to $500 value
Mont. Code Ann. � 25-13-608 (1)(a) - Health aids
Mont. Code Ann. � 25-13-609 (2) - Motor vehicle to $2,500
Mont. Code Ann. � 25-13-610 - Proceeds from sale or for damage or loss of exempt property for 6 mos. after received
Mont. Code Ann. � 25-13-609 (1) - Appliances, household furnishings, goods, animals with feed, crops, musical instruments, books, firearms, sporting goods, clothing, & jewelry to $600 per item, $4,500 total
N.C. Gen. Stat. � 1C-1601 (a)(1) - Burial plot to $18,500, in lieu of homestead
N.C. Gen. Stat. � 1C-1601 (a)(7) - Health aids
N.C. Gen. Stat. � 1C-1601 (a)(3) - Motor vehicle to $3,500
N.C. Gen. Stat. � 1C-1601 (a)(8) - Personal injury and wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on
N.C. Gen. Stat. � 1C-1601 (a)(10) - 529 College savings accounts to $25,000
N.C. Gen. Stat. � 1C-1601 (a)(4),(d) - Animals, crops, musical instruments, books, clothing, appliances, household goods & furnishings to $5,500 total; may add $1,000 per dependent, up to $4,000 total additional (all property must have been purchased at least 90 days before filing)
N.D. Cent. Code � 28-22-03.1 (6) - Professionally prescribed health aids for the debtor or a dependent
N.D. Cent. Code � 28-22-03.1 (9)(d) - Payments to debtor or to individual of whom debtor is a dependent, on account of bodily injury or financial loss to $18,450
N.D. Cent. Code � 28-22-02 - 1. All debtors may exempt: Bible, schoolbooks; other books Burial plots, church pew; Wearing apparel to $5,000, and all clothing of the debtor & debtor's family Family pictures ; Crops or grain raised by debtor on 160 acres where debtor resides; 28-22-02(8) Food & fuel to last 1 year Insurance proceeds for exempt property, if held in cash or invested in other exempt property Motor vehicle to $2,950 or $32,000 for vehicle that has been modified to accommodate owner's disability 28-22-03.1(2) Personal injury recoveries to $7,500 Wrongful death recoveries to $7,500
N.D. Cent. Code � 28-22-03.1 - 1. All debtors may exempt: Bible, schoolbooks; other books Burial plots, church pew; Wearing apparel to $5,000, and all clothing of the debtor & debtor's family Family pictures ; Crops or grain raised by debtor on 160 acres where debtor resides; 28-22-02(8) Food & fuel to last 1 year Insurance proceeds for exempt property, if held in cash or invested in other exempt property Motor vehicle to $2,950 or $32,000 for vehicle that has been modified to accommodate owner's disability 28-22-03.1(2) Personal injury recoveries to $7,500 Wrongful death recoveries to $7,500
N.D. Cent. Code � 28-22-03 - Head of household not claiming crops or grain may claim $7,500 of any personal property
N.D. Cent. Code � 28-22-05 - Non-head of household not claiming crops or grain may claim $3,750 of any personal property
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 25-1556 (2) - Clothing
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 12-605 - Crypts, lots, tombs, niches, vaults
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 25-1556 (3) - Furniture, household goods & appliances, household electronics, personal computers, books, & musical instruments to $1,500
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 25-1556 (5) - Health aids
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 12-511 - Perpetual care funds
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 25-1563.02 - Personal injury recoveries
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 25-1556 (1) - Personal possessions
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 12-520 - Burial plot
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 12-506 - Burial plot
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 12-517 - Burial plot
Neb. Rev. Stat. � 25-1556 (4) - Motor vehicle if used to commute to work (as part of $2,400 tools of trade exemption)
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (XX) - One computer
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 512:21 (XI) - Deposits in any account designated a Payroll Account
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (VIII) - Bibles & books to $800
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (XIV) - Burial plot, lot
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (XV) - Church pew
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (I) - Clothing
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (IV) - Cooking & heating stoves, refrigerator
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (XI); (XII) - 1 cow, 6 sheep & their fleece, 4 tons of hay
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (XIII) - Domestic fowl to $300
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (VI) - Food & fuel to $400
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (III) - Furniture to $3,500
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (X) - 1 hog or pig or its meat (if slaughtered)
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (XVII) - Jewelry to $500
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (XVI) - Motor vehicle to $4,000
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 512:21 (VIII) - Proceeds for lost or destroyed exempt property
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (V) - Sewing machine
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 511:2 (II) - Beds, bedding, & cooking utensils
N.J. Stat. Ann. � 45:27-21 - Burial plots
N.J. Stat. Ann. � 2A:17-19 - Clothing
N.J. Stat. Ann. � 2A:26-4 - Furniture & household goods to $1,000
N.J. Stat. Ann. � 2A:17-19 - Personal property & possessions of any kind, stock or interest in corporations to $1,000 total
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-1 - Books & furniture
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-2 - Books & furniture
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 48-2-15 - Building materials
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-2 - Clothing
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-1 - Clothing
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 53-4-28 - Cooperative association shares, minimum amount needed to be member
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-2 - Health aids
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-1 - Health aids
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-2 - Jewelry to $2,500
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-1 - Jewelry to $2,500
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 70-4-12 - Materials, tools & machinery to dig, drill, complete, operate, or repair oil line, gas well, or pipeline
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-2 - Motor vehicle to $4,000
N.M. Stat. Ann. � 42-10-1 - Motor vehicle to $4,000
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(a) - Books, works of art, musical instruments and jewelry to $5,000
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 689.700 - Burial plot purchase money held in trust
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 689.700 - Funeral service contract money held in trust
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(q) - Health aids
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(a) - Keepsakes & pictures
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.100 - Metal-bearing ores, geological specimens, art curiosities, or paleontological remains; must be arranged, classified, catalogued, & numbered in reference books
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 645B.180 - Mortgage impound accounts
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(f),(p) - Motor vehicle to $15,000; no limit on vehicle equipped for disabled person
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(i) - One gun
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(u) - Personal injury compensation to $16,500
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(x) - Restitution received for criminal act
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(v) - Wrongful death awards to survivors
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(cc) - Interests in certain kinds of trusts
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(aa) - Tax refunds derived from the earned income credit
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.080 (2) - Interest in spendthrift trust
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(b) - Appliances, household goods, furniture, electronics, clothing, home & yard equipment owned by debtor or dependent of debtor to $12,000 total
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(dd) - Interest in spendthrift trust
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(ff) - Money in a trust fund for funeral or burial services
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(gg) - Industrial insurance or workers compensation benefits
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(ff) - Burial plot purchase money held in trust
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(ff) - Funeral service contract money held in trust
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 21.090 (1)(bb) - Stock in certian closely held corporations
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. � 78.746 - Stock in certian closely held corporations
N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law � 282 (3)(iv) - Lost future earnings recoveries needed for support
In re Miller, 167 B.R. 782 (S.D. N.Y. 1994) - Motor vehicle to $4,550. $11,375 if vehicle equipped for a disabled person (husband & wife may double)
N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law � 282 (1) - Motor vehicle to $4,550. $11,375 if vehicle equipped for a disabled person (husband & wife may double)
N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law � 282 (3)(iii) - Personal injury recoveries up to 1 year after receiving
N.Y. CPLR � 5205 (b) - Recovery for injury to exempt property up to 1 year after receiving
N.Y. Banking Law � 407 - Savings & loan savings to $600
N.Y. CPLR � 5205 (g) - Security deposit to landlord, utility company
N.Y. CPLR � 5205 (c),(d) - Spendthrift trust fund principal, 90% of income if not created by debtor
N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law � 282 (3)(ii) - Wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on
N.Y. CPLR � 5205 (1)(l) - Up to $2,850 of electronic deposits of exempt payments into bank account within last 45 days
N.Y. CPLR � 5205 - Clothing, furniture, refrigerator, TV, radio, computer and cell phone, crockery, cooking utensils & tableware, dishes necessary for family; Stoves and home heating equipment with fuel to last 120 days; Wedding ring, jewelry and art to $1,150; Religious texts, schoolbooks, other books to $575; Church pew or seat; Domestic animal with food to last 120 days, to $1,150; (NY CPLR § 5205) In bankruptcy, these personal property exemptions claimed under NY CPLR § 5205 may not exceed $11,375 total (including tools of trade & limited annuity) (NY DEBT & CRED § 283)
N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law � 283 - Clothing, furniture, refrigerator, TV, radio, computer and cell phone, crockery, cooking utensils & tableware, dishes necessary for family; Stoves and home heating equipment with fuel to last 120 days; Wedding ring, jewelry and art to $1,150; Religious texts, schoolbooks, other books to $575; Church pew or seat; Domestic animal with food to last 120 days, to $1,150; (NY CPLR § 5205) In bankruptcy, these personal property exemptions claimed under NY CPLR § 5205 may not exceed $11,375 total (including tools of trade & limited annuity) (NY DEBT & CRED § 283)
N.Y. CPLR � 5205 (a)(8) - Motor vehicle to $4,550. $11,375 if vehicle equipped for a disabled person (husband & wife may double)
N.Y. CPLR � 5206 (f) - Burial plot without structure to 1/4 acre
N.Y. Debt. & Cred. Law � 283 (2) - (Contingent Alternative Exemption for debtors who do not claim homestead): Cash (including savings bonds, tax refunds, bank & credit union deposits) to $5,700, or to $11,375 minus the aggregate total exemptions taken for personal property, whichever amount is less
N.Y. CPLR � 5205 (j) - College tuition savings program trust fund
N.Y. CPLR � 5205 (h) - Health aids, including service animals with food
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 1721.07 - Burial plot
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(8) - Burial plot
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 517.09 - Burial plot
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(3); - Cash, money due within 90 days, tax refund, bank, security, & utility deposits to $475 total (husband & wife may double)
In re Szydlowski, 186 B.R. 907 (N.D. Ohio 1995) - Cash, money due within 90 days, tax refund, bank, security, & utility deposits to $475 total (husband & wife may double)
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(7) - Health aids
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(12)(d) - Lost future earnings needed for support, received during 12 months before filing
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(2)(b) - Motor vehicle to $4,000
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(12)(c) - Personal injury recoveries to $25,700, received during 12 months before filing
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(16) - Tuition credit or payment
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(12)(b) - Wrongful death recoveries for person debtor depended on, needed for support, received during 12 months before filing
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. � 2329.66 (A)(4) - Animals, crops, books, musical instruments, appliances, household goods, furnishings, firearms, hunting & fishing equipment to $625 per item; jewelry to $1,700 for 1 or more items; $13,400 total.
In re Szydlowski, 186 B.R. 907 (N.D. Ohio 1995) - Animals, crops, books, musical instruments, appliances, household goods, furnishings, firearms, hunting & fishing equipment to $625 per item; jewelry to $1,700 for 1 or more items; $13,400 total.
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(8) - Wedding and anniversary rings to $3,000
8 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 7 - Burial plots
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(4) - Burial plots
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(7) - Clothing to $4,000
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(24) - College savings plan interest
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(22) - Deposits in an IDA (Individual Development Account)
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(14) - Food & seed for growing to last 1 year
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(17) - Food & seed for growing to last 1 year
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(14) - Guns for household use to $2,000
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(9) - Health aids
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(3) - Household & kitchen furniture, personal computer & related equipment
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(10),(11),(12), (15),(16),(17) - Livestock for personal or family use: 5 dairy cows & calves under 6 months; 100 chickens; 20 sheep; 10 hogs; 2 horses, bridles, & saddles; forage & feed to last 1 year
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(13) - Motor vehicle to $7,500
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(21) - Personal injury & wrongful death recoveries to $50,000
36 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 6125 (H) - Prepaid funeral benefits
51 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 42 - War bond payroll savings account
31 Okla. Stat. Ann. � 1 (A)(6) - Books, portraits, & pictures
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.348 - Bank deposits to $7,500; cash for sold exempt property
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(a) - Books, pictures, & musical instruments to $600 total (husband & wife may double)
Or. Rev. Stat. � 87.075 - Building materials for construction of an improvement
Or. Rev. Stat. � 65.870 - Burial plot
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(b) - Clothing, jewelry, & other personal items to $1,800 total (husband & wife may double)
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(e) - Domestic animals, poultry, & pets to $1,000 plus food to last 60 days
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(f) - Food & fuel to last 60 days if debtor is householder
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(f) - Furniture, household items, utensils, radios, & TVs to $3,000 total
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(h) - Health aids
Or. Rev. Stat. � 348.863 - Higher education savings account to $7,500
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.348 (1) - Higher education savings account to $7,500
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(l),(3) - Compensation for lost earnings payments for debtor or someone debtor depended on, to extent needed (husband & wife may double)
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(d),(3) - Motor vehicle to $3,000 (husband & wife may double)
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (1)(k),(3) - Personal injury recoveries to $10,000 (husband & wife may double)
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.362 - Pistol; rifle or shotgun (owned by person over 16) to $1,000
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (2) - Bank deposits to $7,500; cash for sold exempt property
Or. Rev. Stat. � 97.660 - Burial plot
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.312 - Property of a decedent
Or. Rev. Stat. � 18.345 (o) - Medical or Health Savings Accounts
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. � 8124 (a)(1) - Clothing
51 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. � 4103 - Military uniforms & accoutrements
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. � 8124 (a)(4) - Military uniforms & accoutrements
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. � 8124 (a)(3) - Sewing machines
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. � 8124 (a)(2) - Bibles & schoolbooks
R.I. Gen. Laws � 9-26-4 (3) - Beds, bedding, furniture, household goods, & supplies, to $9,600 total (husband & wife may not double)
In re Petrozella, 247 B.R. 591 (R.I. 2000) - Beds, bedding, furniture, household goods, & supplies, to $9,600 total (husband & wife may not double)
R.I. Gen. Laws � 9-26-4 (4) - Bibles & books to $300
R.I. Gen. Laws � 9-26-4 (5) - Burial plot
R.I. Gen. Laws � 9-26-4 (1) - Clothing
R.I. Gen. Laws � 7-8-25 - Consumer cooperative association holdings to $50
R.I. Gen. Laws � 9-26-4 (7) - Debt secured by promissory note or bill of exchange
R.I. Gen. Laws � 9-26-4 (14) - Jewelry to $2,000
R.I. Gen. Laws � 9-26-4 (13) - Motor vehicles to $12,000
R.I. Gen. Laws � 9-26-4 (15) - Prepaid tuition program or tuition savings account
S.C. Code Ann. � 15-41-30 (A)(3) - Animals, crops, appliances, books, clothing, household goods, furnishings, musical instruments to $4,650 total
S.C. Code Ann. � 15-41-30 (A)(1) - Burial plot to $59,100, in lieu of homestead (joint owners may double)
S.C. Code Ann. � 15-41-30 (A)(5) - Cash & other liquid assets to $5,900, in lieu of burial or homestead exemption
S.C. Code Ann. � 59-2-140 - College investment program trust fund
S.C. Code Ann. � 15-41-30 (A)(10) - Health aids
S.C. Code Ann. � 15-41-30 (A)(4) - Jewelry to $1,175
S.C. Code Ann. � 15-41-30 (A)(2) - Motor vehicle to $5,900
S.C. Code Ann. � 15-41-30 (A)(12)(b) - Personal injury & wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on for support
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. � 43-5-2 (8) - Health aids professionally prescribed
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. � 43-45-2 (4) - Bible, schoolbooks; other books to $200
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. � 43-45-2 (2),(3) - Burial plots, church pew
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. � 47-29-25 - Cemetery association property
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. � 43-45-2 (5) - Clothing
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. � 43-45-2 (1) - Family pictures
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. � 43-45-2 (6) - Food & fuel to last 1 year
Tenn. Code Ann. � 46-1-108 - Burial plots to 1 acre
Tenn. Code Ann. � 26-2-104 - Clothing & storage containers
Tenn. Code Ann. � 26-2-111 (5) - Health aids
Tenn. Code Ann. � 26-2-111 (3) - Lost future earnings payments for you or person you depended on
Tenn. Code Ann. � 26-2-111 (2)(B),(C) - Personal injury recoveries to $7,500; wrongful death recoveries to $10,000 ($15,000 total for personal injury, wrongful death, & crime victims' compensation)
Tenn. Code Ann. � 26-2-109 - Wages of debtor deserting family, in hands of family
Tenn. Code Ann. � 20-5-106 (a),(b) - Wrongful death awards
Tenn. Code Ann. � 35-15-501 - Spendthrift trusts
Tenn. Code Ann. � 35-15-507 - Spendthrift trusts
Tenn. Code Ann. � 35-16-101 - Investment services trusts
Tenn. Code Ann. � 35-16-103 (3) - Investment services trusts
Tenn. Code Ann. � 35-16-104 - Investment services trusts
Tenn. Code Ann. � 35-16-106 - Investment services trusts
Tenn. Code Ann. � 26-2-104 - Bible, schoolbooks, family pictures, & portraits
Tenn. Code Ann. � 26-2-305 - Burial plots to 1 acre
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.001 (b)(4) - Bible or other book containing sacred writings of a religion (does not count against aggregate limits)
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.0021 - Health savings accounts
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.002 (a)(7) - 2 firearms
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.001 (b)(2) - Health aids (exempt from total)
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��41.001 - Burial plots (exempt from total)
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.002 (a)(10),(11) - Pets & domestic animals plus their food: 2 horses, mules, or donkeys & tack; 12 head of cattle; 60 head of other livestock; 120 fowl
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.002 (a)(9) - 1 two-, three- or four-wheeled motor vehicle per family member or per single adult who holds a driver's license; or, if not licensed, who relies on someone else to operate vehicle
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.002 (a)(6) - Jewelry (limited to 25% of total exemption)
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.002 (a)(1) - Home furnishings including family heirlooms
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.002 (a)(2),(5) - Clothing & food
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. ��42.002 (a)(8) - Athletic and sporting equipment, including bicycles
11 U.S.C. � 522 (d)(11)(B) - Wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on
11 U.S.C. � 522 (d)(11)(D) - Personal injury recoveries to $25,150 (not to include pain & suffering or pecuniary loss)
11 U.S.C. � 522 (d)(2) - Motor vehicle to $4,000
11 U.S.C. � 522 (d)(11)(E) - Lost earnings payments
11 U.S.C. � 522 (d)(4) - Jewelry to $1,700
11 U.S.C. � 522 (d)(9) - Health aids
11 U.S.C. � 522 (d)(3) - Animals, crops, clothing, appliances, books, furnishings, household goods, musical instruments to $625 per item, $13,400 total
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-506 (1)(a) - Sofas, chairs, & related furnishings to $1000
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(viii) - Refrigerator, freezer, microwave, stove, sewing machine, washer & dryer
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-507 - Proceeds for sold, lost, or damaged exempt property
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(x) - Personal injury, wrongful death recoveries for you or person you depended on
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-506 (3) - Motor vehicle to $3,000
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(d) - Heirlooms to $1000
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(ii) - Health aids
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(viii) - Food to last 12 months
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(b) - Dining & kitchen tables & chairs to $1000
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(viii) - Clothing (cannot claim furs or jewelry)
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(i) - Burial plot
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(viii) - Bed, bedding, carpets
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-505 (1)(a)(ix) - Artwork depicting, or done by, a family member
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-506 (1)(e) - Firearms to $250
Utah Code Ann. � 78B-5-506 (1)(c) - Animals, books, & musical instruments to $1000
Va. Code Ann. � 64.2-743 - Spendthrift trusts
Va. Code Ann. � 64.2-310 - Surviving spouse may claim $20,000 of decedents personal property; if no surviving spouse, minor children may claim exemption
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (1) - Bible
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (3) - Burial plot
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (4) - Clothing to $1,000
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (2) - Family portraits & heirlooms to $5,000 total
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (6) - Health aids
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (4a) - Household furnishings to $5,000
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (8) - Motor vehicles to $6,000 total ($10,000 if needed for occupation or education)
Va. Code Ann. � 34-28.1 - Personal injury causes of action & recoveries
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (5) - Pets
Va. Code Ann. � 23-38.81 (E) - Prepaid tuition contracts and savings trust accounts
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (1a) - Wedding and engagement rings
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (4b) - Firearms to $3,000 total
Va. Code Ann. � 38.2-5604 - Health savings accounts and medical savings accounts
Va. Code Ann. � 34-26 (7) - Motor vehicles to $6,000 total ($10,000 if needed for occupation or education)
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, � 2740 (5) - Appliances, furnishings, goods, clothing, books, crops, animals, musical instruments to $2,500 total
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, � 2740 (8) - Stove, heating unit, refrigerator, freezer, water heater, & sewing machines
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, � 2740 (19)(F), (G),(I) - Personal injury, lost future earnings, wrongful death recoveries for you or person you depended on
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, � 2740 (1) - Motor vehicles to $2,500
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, � 2740 (3),(4) - Jewelry to $500; wedding ring unlimited
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, � 2740 (17) - Health aids
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, � 2740 (6),(9)-(14) - Cow, 2 goats, 10 sheep, 10 chickens, & feed to last 1 winter; 3 swarms of bees plus honey; 5 tons coal or 500 gal. heating oil, 10 cords of firewood; 500 gal. bottled gas; growing crops to $5,000; yoke of oxen or steers, plow & ox yoke; 2 horses with harnesses, halters, & chains
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, � 2740 (15) - Bank deposits to $700
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.32.250 - Spendthrift trusts
Erickson v. Bank of California, 643 P2d 670 (1982 ) - Spendthrift trusts
In re Finley, 286 B.R 163 (2002 ) - Spendthrift trusts
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 68.20.120 - Burial plots sold by nonprofit cemetery association
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (1)(c)(i) - Food & fuel for comfortable maintenance
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (1)(e) - Tuition credits under state law, or IRS-qualified (529, 530) tuition savings plans
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (1)(c)(vi) - Personal injury recoveries to $20,000
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (1)(c)(iii) - Motor vehicle to $3,250 total for individual (two vehicles to $6,500 for community)
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (1)(c)(v) - Health aids prescribed
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (2) - Keepsakes & family pictures
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.030 - Fire insurance proceeds for lost, stolen, or destroyed exempt property
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (1)(a) - Clothing, no more than $3,500 in furs, jewelry, ornaments
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 68.24.220 - Burial ground
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (1)(b) - Books & electronic media to $3,500
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. � 6.15.010 (1)(c)(i) - Appliances, furniture, household goods, home & yard equipment to $6,500 total for individual ($13,000 for community) per-item limit of $750.
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 815.18 (3)(i)(b) - Wrongful death recoveries, needed for support
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 20.921 (1)(e) - Wages used to purchase savings bonds
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 815.18 (3)(i)(c) - Personal injury recoveries to $50,000
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 182.004 (6) - Tenant's lease or stock interest in housing co-op, to homestead amount
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 815.18 (3)(g) - Motor vehicles to $4,000 (husband & wife may double; unused portion of $12,000 personal property exemption may be added)
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 815.18 (3)(i)(d) - Lost future earnings recoveries, needed for support
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 815.18 (3)(d) - Household goods and furnishings, clothing, keepsakes, jewelry, appliances, books, musical instruments, firearms, sporting goods, animals, and other tangible personal property to $12,000 total (husband & wife may double)
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 815.18 (3)(e) - Fire & casualty proceeds for destroyed exempt property for 2 years from receiving
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 815.18 (3)(k) - Deposit accounts to $5,000
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 14.63 (8) - College savings account or tuition trust fund
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 815.18 (3)(a) - Burial plot, tombstone, coffin (husband & wife may double)
Wis. Stat. Ann. � 14.64 (7) - College savings account or tuition trust fund
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (k)(2) - Wrongful death recoveries for person you depended on, needed for support
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (k)(6) - Prepaid higher education tuition trust fund and savings plan payments
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (k)(4) - Personal injury recoveries to $15,000
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (b) - Motor vehicle to $2,400
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (k)(5) - Lost earnings payments needed for support
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (d) - Jewelry to $1,000
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (i) - Health aids
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (a) - Burial plot to $25,000, in lieu of homestead
W. Va. Code � 38-10-4 (c) - Animals, crops, clothing, appliances, books, household goods, furnishings, musical instruments to $400 per item, $8,000 total
Wyo. Stat. � 1-20-106 (a)(iii) - Bedding, furniture, household articles, & food to $4,000 per person in the home
Wyo. Stat. � 1-20-106 (a)(i) - Bible, schoolbooks, & pictures
Wyo. Stat. � 1-20-106 (a)(ii) - Burial plot
Wyo. Stat. � 1-20-105 - Clothing & wedding rings to $2,000
Wyo. Stat. � 1-20-111 - Medical savings account contributions
Wyo. Stat. � 1-20-106 (a)(iv) - Motor vehicle to $5,000
Wyo. Stat. � 26-32-102 - Prepaid funeral contracts
10 U.S.C. � 1035 - Military deposits in savings accounts while on permanent duty outside the U.S.

Bankruptcy Citation

Citation: Stat. - Cal. Civ. Proc. Code � 704.030

California Bankruptcy Exemptions

Category: Personal Property

Web View:

Show statute | State Statute Home Page | Report a broken link

Other California Exemption Citations

50 State Personal Property Exemptions

Company Information

Legal Topics

Lawyers

DEMOCRACY