---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.534"
title: "20"
number: "416.534"
heading: "Garnishment of payments after disbursement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.534"
---

# §416.534. Garnishment of payments after disbursement.

- (a) Payments that are covered by section 1631(d)(1) of the Social Security Act and made by direct deposit are subject to [31 CFR part 212](/cfr/31/part212.md), Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments.
- (b) This section may be amended only by a rulemaking issued jointly by the Department of Treasury and the agencies defined as a “benefit agency” in [31 CFR 212.3](/cfr/31/212.3.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 9961, Feb. 23, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1147, 1601, 1602, 1611(c) and (e), and 1631(a)-(d) and (g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1320b-17, 1381, 1381a, 1382(c) and (e), and 1383(a)-(d) and (g)); 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A.

### Amendments

[76 FR 9961, Feb. 23, 2011]