---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 10.423"
title: "20"
number: "10.423"
heading: "May compensation payments be assigned to, or attached by, creditors?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/10.423"
---

# §10.423. May compensation payments be assigned to, or attached by, creditors?

- (a) As a general rule, compensation and claims for compensation are exempt from the claims of private creditors. Further, any attempt by a FECA beneficiary to assign his or her claim is null and void. However, pursuant to provisions of the Social Security Act, [42 U.S.C. 659](/usc/42/659.md), and regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) at [5 CFR part 581](/cfr/5/part581.md), FECA benefits, including survivor's benefits, may be garnished to collect overdue alimony and child support payments.
- (b) Garnishment for child support and alimony may be requested by providing a copy of the State agency or court order to the district office handling the FECA claim.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 37903, June 28, 2011, unless otherwise noted.