---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 1208.76"
title: "12"
number: "1208.76"
heading: "Exclusions from garnishment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/1208.76"
---

# §1208.76. Exclusions from garnishment.


FHFA will not garnish the wages of a debtor it knows has been involuntarily separated from employment until the debtor has been re-employed continuously for at least 12 months. The debtor has the burden of informing FHFA of the circumstances surrounding an involuntary separation from employment.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 12 U.S.C. 4526; 26 U.S.C. 6402(d); 31 U.S.C. 3701-3720D; 31 CFR 285.2; 31 CFR Chapter IX.