Colorado § 26-2-131 - Public assistance not assignable.
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§ 26-2-131. Public assistance not assignable.
No assistance payments made to an eligible recipient under this article shall be transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this article shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-31.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For note, "Rural Poverty and the Law in Southern Colorado", see 47 Den. L.J. 82 (1970).
Social security funds were not subject to garnishment where creditor did not present any evidence that the representative payee was using the funds for the beneficiary's current maintenance. Anderson Boneless Beef v. Sunshine Health Care Center, Inc., 852 P.2d 1340 (Colo. App. 1993).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 26-2-131 ("Public assistance not assignable.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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