---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 34.6"
title: "34"
number: "34.6"
heading: "Rights in connection with garnishment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/34.6"
---

# §34.6. Rights in connection with garnishment.


Before starting garnishment, we provide you the opportunity—

- (a) To inspect and copy our records related to the debt;
- (b) To enter into a written repayment agreement with us to repay the debt under terms we consider acceptable;
- (c) For a hearing in accordance with [§ 34.8](/cfr/34/34.8.md) concerning—
  - (1) The existence, amount, or current enforceability of the debt;
  - (2) The rate at which the garnishment order will require your employer to withhold pay; and
  - (3) Whether you have been continuously employed less than 12 months after you were involuntarily separated from employment.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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