                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXEMPTION OF PORTION OF WAGES; PAYMENT OF EXCESS INTO COURT (§ 8.01-517)

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 8.01-515 and 8.01-516.1, any employer
against whom any garnishment is served in connection with an action or judgment
against an employee may pay to such employee when due wages or salary not
exceeding the amount exempted by § 34-29 unless such exemptions shall have been
specifically disallowed by the court and shall answer such garnishment summons
by a written statement verified by affidavit, showing the amount of wages or
salary due on the return date of the garnishment summons and the amount of wages
or salary so exempted, and if there shall be an excess of wages or salary so due
over the amount of the exemptions, the employer may pay the amount of such
excess into the court where the garnishment summons is returnable, which payment
when determined by the court to be correct will constitute a discharge of any
liability of the employer to the employee for the wages or salary so withheld.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-445; 1952, c. 377; 1954, c. 379; 1977, c. 617.