2017 Delaware Code
Title 19 - Labor
CHAPTER 33. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
Subchapter IV Protection of Employees' Rights and Benefits
§ 3374. Assignment, pledge or encumbrance of benefits.

Universal Citation: 19 DE Code § 3374 (2017)

Any assignment, pledge or encumbrance of any rights to benefits which are or may become due or payable under this chapter shall be void. Such rights to benefits shall be exempt from levy, execution, attachment or any other remedy whatsoever provided for the collection of debt. Benefits received by any individual, so long as they are not mingled with other funds of the recipient, shall be exempt from any remedy whatsoever for the collection of all debts except debts incurred for necessaries furnished to such individual or an individual's spouse or dependents during the time when such individual was unemployed, and for child support obligations in accordance with § 3313(n) of this title. Any waiver of any exemption provided for in this section shall be void.

41 Del. Laws, c. 258, § 15; 19 Del. C. 1953, § 3374; 65 Del. Laws, c. 514, § 18; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;


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