---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 34.23"
title: "34"
number: "34.23"
heading: "Exclusions from garnishment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/34.23"
---

# §34.23. Exclusions from garnishment.

- (a) **We do not garnish your wages if we have credible evidence that you—**
  - (1) Were involuntarily separated from employment; and
  - (2) **Have not yet been reemployed continuously for at least 12 months.**
- (b) You have the burden of informing us of the circumstances surrounding an involuntary separation from employment.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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