---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1675"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1675"
heading: "Exemption for State-regulated garnishments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1675"
units:
  - "Chapter 41 — Consumer Credit Protection"
  - "Subchapter II — Restrictions on Garnishment"
---

# §1675. Exemption for State-regulated garnishments


The [Secretary](/usc/15/1602.md?p=dd-6) of Labor may by regulation exempt from the provisions of [section 1673(a)](/usc/15/1673.md?p=a) and (b)(2) of this title [garnishments](/usc/15/1672.md?p=c) issued under the laws of any [State](/usc/15/1602.md?p=s) if he determines that the laws of that [State](/usc/15/1602.md?p=s) provide restrictions on [garnishment](/usc/15/1672.md?p=c) which are substantially similar to those provided in [section 1673(a)](/usc/15/1673.md?p=a) and (b)(2) of this title.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–321, title III, § 305, May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 164; Pub. L. 95–30, title V, § 501(e)(4), May 23, 1977, 91 Stat. 162.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1977—Pub. L. 95–30 substituted “section 1673(a) and (b)(2) of this title” for “section 1673(a) of this title” in two places.