---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 313.96"
title: "12"
number: "313.96"
heading: "Exclusions from garnishment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/313.96"
---

# §313.96. Exclusions from garnishment.


The FDIC 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 the FDIC of the circumstances surrounding an involuntary separation from employment.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 12 U.S.C. 1818(i), 1819(a); Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716).

### Source

Source: 67 FR 48527, July 25, 2002, unless otherwise noted.