§ 916. —  Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors.

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[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
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  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC916]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER 18--LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 916. Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors

    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.

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, Sec. 16, 44 Stat. 1434.)