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The rights and obligations of employees with respect to an order issued pursuant to this section are set out in \u00a7 20-79.3. Payment of moneys pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented by the Commissioner shall serve as full acquittance under any contract of employment, and the Commonwealth warrants and represents that it shall defend and hold harmless such action taken pursuant to such assignment of earnings. The Commissioner shall be released from liability for improper receipt of moneys under an assignment of earnings upon return of any moneys so received.\n\t\tAny assignment of earnings presented under this section shall not be subject to the requirements set forth in \u00a7 40.1-31.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":251123,"text":"Any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department of the Commonwealth employing a person owing a support debt or obligation, shall honor an assignment of earnings to satisfy or retire a support debt or obligation of such person when ordered by the Commissioner by a payroll deduction order conforming to \u00a7 20-79.3. The rights and obligations of employees with respect to an order issued pursuant to this section are set out in \u00a7 20-79.3. Payment of moneys pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented by the Commissioner shall serve as full acquittance under any contract of employment, and the Commonwealth warrants and represents that it shall defend and hold harmless such action taken pursuant to such assignment of earnings. 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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 413 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1976, chapter 357; in 1980, chapter 243; in 1983, chapter 481; in 1984, chapter 626; in 1990, chapter 896; in 2002, chapter 747<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58663,"section_number":"20-79.2","catch_line":"Immediate income deduction; income withholding","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-79.2\/"},{"id":64287,"section_number":"63.2-1930","catch_line":"Civil liability upon failure to comply with lien, order, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1930\/"},{"id":53984,"section_number":"63.2-1944","catch_line":"Employee debtor rights protected; limitation","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1944\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77212,"section_number":"20-79.3","catch_line":"Information required in income deduction order","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-79.3\/"},{"id":73386,"section_number":"40.1-31","catch_line":"Assignment of wages and salaries; requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-31\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272693,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69441,"identifier":"63.2-1945","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/8\/63.2-1945","url":"\/63.2-1945\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-1945\/","token":"63.2\/V\/19\/8\/63.2-1945","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assignment of earnings to be honored; inapplicability of \u00a7 40.1-31","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-1945","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department<\/span> of the Commonwealth employing a person owing a support debt<\/span> or obligation, shall honor an assignment of earnings to satisfy or retire a support debt<\/span> or obligation of such person when ordered by the Commissioner<\/span> by a payroll deduction order<\/span> conforming to \u00a7 20-79.3<\/a>. The rights and obligations of employees<\/span> with respect to an order<\/span> issued pursuant to this section are set out in \u00a7 20-79.3<\/a>. Payment of moneys pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented by the Commissioner<\/span> shall serve as full acquittance under any contract<\/span> of employment<\/span>, and the Commonwealth warrants and represents that it shall defend and hold harmless such action taken pursuant to such assignment of earnings. The Commissioner<\/span> shall be released from liability for improper receipt of moneys under an assignment of earnings upon return of any moneys so received.\n\t\tAny assignment of earnings presented under this section shall not be subject to the requirements set forth in \u00a7 40.1-31<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSIGNMENT OF EARNINGS TO BE HONORED; INAPPLICABILITY OF \u00a7 40.1-31 (\u00a7\n63.2-1945)\n\nAny person, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision or department\nof the Commonwealth employing a person owing a support debt or obligation, shall\nhonor an assignment of earnings to satisfy or retire a support debt or\nobligation of such person when ordered by the Commissioner by a payroll\ndeduction order conforming to \u00a7 20-79.3. The rights and obligations of\nemployees with respect to an order issued pursuant to this section are set out\nin \u00a7 20-79.3. Payment of moneys pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented\nby the Commissioner shall serve as full acquittance under any contract of\nemployment, and the Commonwealth warrants and represents that it shall defend\nand hold harmless such action taken pursuant to such assignment of earnings. The\nCommissioner shall be released from liability for improper receipt of moneys\nunder an assignment of earnings upon return of any moneys so received.\n\t\tAny assignment of earnings presented under this section shall not be subject\nto the requirements set forth in \u00a7 40.1-31.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 413, \u00a7 63.1-272; 1976, c. 357; 1980, c. 243; 1983, c. 481;\n1984, c. 626; 1990, c. 896; 2002, c. 747.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}