---
kind: "unit"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
key: "subtB/chII/subchA/part212"
level: "part"
label: "Part 212"
heading: "Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/subtB-chII-subchA-part212"
sections_count: 12
---

# Part 212 — Garnishment of Accounts Containing Federal Benefit Payments

Title 31 C.F.R. — Money and Finance: Treasury › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Money and Finance › Chapter II — Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury › Subchapter A — Bureau of the Fiscal Service

## Sections

- [§212.1. Purpose.](/cfr/31/212.1.md)
- [§212.2. Scope.](/cfr/31/212.2.md)
- [§212.3. Definitions.](/cfr/31/212.3.md)
- [§212.4. Initial action upon receipt of a garnishment order.](/cfr/31/212.4.md)
- [§212.5. Account review.](/cfr/31/212.5.md)
- [§212.6. Rules and procedures to protect benefits.](/cfr/31/212.6.md)
- [§212.7. Notice to the account holder.](/cfr/31/212.7.md)
- [§212.8. Other rights and authorities.](/cfr/31/212.8.md)
- [§212.9. Preemption of State law.](/cfr/31/212.9.md)
- [§212.10. Safe harbor.](/cfr/31/212.10.md)
- [§212.11. Compliance and record retention.](/cfr/31/212.11.md)
- [§212.12. Amendment of this part.](/cfr/31/212.12.md)