2010 Maryland Code
COMMERCIAL LAW
TITLE 15 - DEBT COLLECTION - SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle 6 - Attachment of Wages
Section 15-601.1 - Exemption from attachment.

§ 15-601.1. Exemption from attachment.
 

(a)  Disposable wages.- In this section, "disposable wages" means the part of wages that remain after deduction of any amount required to be withheld by law. 

(b)  Amounts of wages exempt; medical insurance payments.- The following are exempt from attachment: 

(1) Except as provided in item (2) of this subsection, the greater of: 

(i) The product of $145 multiplied by the number of weeks in which the wages due were earned; or 

(ii) 75 percent of the disposable wages due; 

(2) In Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, and Worcester counties, for each workweek, the greater of: 

(i) 75 percent of the disposable wages due; or 

(ii) 30 times the federal minimum hourly wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act in effect at the time the wages are due; and 

(3) Any medical insurance payment deducted from an employee's wages by the employer. 

(c)  Calculation per pay period.- The amount subject to attachment shall be calculated per pay period. 
 

[1980, ch. 59; 1986, ch. 549; 1988, ch. 600; 2002, ch. 125; 2005, ch. 25, § 13.]