Title CCP — California Code Civ. Proc.

(a) The Judicial Council shall prepare “employer’s instructions” for employers and revise or supplement these instructions to reflect changes in the law or rules regulating the withholding of earnings. (b) Except to the extent that they are included in the forms required to be pr…

The “judgment creditor’s notice of opposition to the claim of exemption” shall be executed under oath and shall include all of the following: (a) The name, last known address, and, if known, the social security number of the judgment debtor. (b) The name and address of the judgme…

The levying officer shall have copies of the forms for the “judgment debtor’s claim of exemption” and “judgment debtor’s financial statement” available at the levying officer’s office for distribution without charge to a person who desires to make a claim of exemption under Secti…

The Judicial Council may perform all acts required by the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor as conditions to exemption of this state from the earnings garnishment provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968 (15 U.S.C…

If an employer withholds earnings pursuant to this chapter and, with the intent to defraud either the judgment creditor or the judgment debtor, fails to pay such withheld earnings over to the levying officer, the employer is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(a) No employer shall defer or accelerate any payment of earnings to an employee with the intent to defeat or diminish the judgment creditor’s rights under an earnings withholding order issued pursuant to the procedures provided by this chapter. (b) If an employer violates this s…

(a) If an employer fails to withhold or to pay over the amount the employer is required to withhold and pay over pursuant to this chapter, the judgment creditor may bring a civil action against the employer to recover such amount. The remedy provided by this subdivision is not ex…