Nevada § 31.295 - Garnishment of earnings: Limitations on amount

§ 31.295. Garnishment of earnings: Limitations on amount

1. As used in this section: (a) “ Disposable earnings ” means that part of the earnings of any person remaining after the deduction from

those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld. (b) “ Earnings ” means compensation paid or payable for personal services performed by a judgment

debtor in the regular course of business, including, without limitation, compensation

designated as income, wages, tips, a salary, a commission or a bonus. The term includes compensation received by a judgment debtor that is in the possession

of the judgment debtor, compensation held in accounts maintained in a bank or any

other financial institution or, in the case of a receivable, compensation that is

due the judgment debtor. 2. The maximum amount of the aggregate disposable earnings of a person which are subject

to garnishment may not exceed: (a) Eighteen percent of the person's disposable earnings for the relevant workweek

if the person's gross weekly salary or wage on the date the most recent writ of garnishment

was issued was $770 or less; (b) Twenty-five percent of the person's disposable earnings for the relevant workweek

if the person's gross weekly salary or wage on the date the most recent writ of garnishment

was issued exceeded $770; or (c) The amount by which the person's disposable earnings for that week exceed 50 times

the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 206(a)(1) of the federal Fair

Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., in effect at the time the earnings are payable, whichever is less. 3. The restrictions of subsection 2 do not apply in the case of: (a) Any order of any court for the support of any person. (b) Any order of any court of bankruptcy. (c) Any debt due for any state or federal tax. 4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the maximum amount of the aggregate

disposable earnings of a person for any workweek which are subject to garnishment

to enforce any order for the support of any person may not exceed: (a) Fifty percent of the person's disposable earnings for that week if the person

is supporting a spouse or child other than the spouse or child for whom the order

of support was rendered; or (b) Sixty percent of the person's disposable earnings for that week if the person

is not supporting such a spouse or child, except that if the garnishment is to enforce a previous order of support with respect

to a period occurring at least 12 weeks before the beginning of the workweek, the

limits which apply to the situations described in paragraphs (a) and (b) are 55 percent

and 65 percent, respectively.