CFR > Title 29 - Labor > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (parts 500 to 871) > SUBCHAPTER D—GARNISHMENT OF EARNINGS (parts 870 to 871) > PART 870—RESTRICTION ON GARNISHMENT > SUBPART C—Exemption for State-Regulated Garnishments (§870.50 to §870.57) > 870.50—General provision.

870.50—General provision.

Section 305 of the CCPA authorizes that Secretary to “exempt from the provisions of section 303(a) garnishments issued under the laws of any State if he determines that the laws of that State provide restrictions on garnishment which are substantially similar to those provided in section 303(a).”