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Administrative Wage Garnishments to Pay Federal Non-Tax Debts
Multiple Garnishments, Administrative Fees and Other Considerations

Prioritizing Multiple Garnishments

Administrative wage garnishments have the same priority as student loan garnishments. If an individual has multiple federal garnishments with the same priority (e.g., a student loan and an administrative wage garnishment), the garnishments should be deducted in the order they are received.

Administrative Fees

State agencies may deduct a monthly administrative fee from the employee’s disposable earnings in addition to the amount required to be withheld under the withholding order. The fee amount may not exceed the lesser of $10 or the actual administrative cost incurred by the employer in complying with the withholding order.

Other Considerations

This administrative wage garnishment process does not apply to income withholding for child support under Chapter 158 of the Family Code.

Sources

31 United States Code, Sections 3701(a)(4), (8), (b)(1), 3720D (a), (b)(1), (6), (f)(1)(B), (3), (g); 31 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 285.11(b)(2), (c)-(d), (g), (i)(1)-(2), (3)(i)-(ii), (4)-(6), (8), (j), (o); Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 63.006.