---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 1.1000"
title: "38"
number: "1.1000"
heading: "Garnishment of payments after disbursement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/1.1000"
---

# §1.1000. Garnishment of payments after disbursement.

- (a) Payments of benefits due under any law administered by the Secretary that are protected by [38 U.S.C. 5301(a)](/usc/38/5301.md?p=a) and made by direct deposit to a financial institution 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 the 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: 38 U.S.C. 501, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 9961, Feb. 23, 2011]