---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 34.19"
title: "34"
number: "34.19"
heading: "Amounts to be withheld under a garnishment order."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/34.19"
---

# §34.19. Amounts to be withheld under a garnishment order.

- (a)
  - (1) After an employer receives a garnishment order we issue, the employer must deduct from all disposable pay of the debtor during each pay period the amount directed in the garnishment order unless this section or [§ 34.20](/cfr/34/34.20.md) requires a smaller amount to be withheld.
  - (2) The amount specified in the garnishment order does not apply if other law, including this section, requires the employer to withhold a smaller amount.
- (b) The employer must comply with our garnishment order by withholding the lesser of—
  - (1) **The amount directed in the garnishment order; or—**
  - (2) The amount specified in [15 U.S.C. 1673(a)(2)](/usc/15/1673.md?p=a-2) (Restriction on Garnishment); that is, the amount by which a debtor's disposable pay exceeds an amount equal to 30 times the minimum wage. (See [29 CFR 870.10](/cfr/29/870.10.md).)

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3720D, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 8142, Feb. 19, 2003, unless otherwise noted.