New Jersey § 2a:17-57
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 2a:17-57, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2a:17-57.
As used in this article, “rights and credits” include all rights and credits which
may be taken by writ of attachment against nonresident debtors, and also rights and
credits of an equitable nature, except such income and property as is reserved or
exempt by law, but wages, debts, earnings, salaries, income from trust funds and profits
due and owing to a defendant in execution to the amount of less than $48.00 a week
shall not be liable to be seized or taken by virtue of any execution, civil process
or order directing payments to be made in installments. If they amount to $48.00 or more a week, not more than 10% thereof may be so seized
or taken, unless they exceed the sum of $7,500.00 per annum, in which case the court
may order a larger percentage. Nothing contained in this article or article 7 1 shall be construed as impairing the rights of an execution creditor under other provisions
of this chapter or any law of this State relating to executions, or as against any
trust which was created by or the fund held in trust has proceeded from the defendant
in execution. 1
N.J.S.A. §§ 2A:17-50 to 2A:17-56.
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Section 2a:17-57 is part of the New Jersey Statutes, the codified statutory law of New Jersey. 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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