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2013 Mississippi Code
Title 71 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Chapter 3 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 71-3-43 - Assignment and exemption from claims of creditors


MS Code § 71-3-43 (2013) What's This?

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 be waived. This section prevails over Sections 75-9-406 and 75-9-408 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code to the extent, if any, that these sections may otherwise be applicable.

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