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Exempt Wages, Money, Property

1. Exempt wages: If you are paid weekly, $170 per week of your disposable income, or 75% of disposable wages, whichever is more. Wages paid every two weeks - $340; Wages paid twice each month - $368.33; Wages paid once a month - $736.67

2. Social security (including SSI).

3. Public assistance (welfare).

4. Unemployment benefits.

5. Disability benefits.

6. Workers' compensation benefits.

7. Exempt wages, social security, welfare, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, and other specific types of government benefits when placed in a checking or savings account (up to $7,500).

8. Spousal support, child support, or other support if necessary to support you or your dependents.

9. A house with land you own and that you or certain family members live in up to $25,000 ($33,000 if more than one owner owes the debt). Includes proceeds from sale for (1) year (if you intend to use funds to buy another home).

10. A mobile home and land you own and you or certain family members live in up to $23,000 ($30,000 if more than 1 owner owes the debt). A mobile home or houseboat you own and that you or certain family members live in with no land owned up to $20,000 ($27,000 if more than one owner owes the debt). Includes proceeds from sale for (1) year (if you intend to use funds to buy another home).

11. Household goods, furniture, radios, 1 television set, and utensils to $3,000.

12.* Automobile, truck, trailer or other vehicle to $1,700.

13. Tools, implements, apparatus, team, harness or library necessary to carry on your occupation to $3000.

14.* Books, pictures and musical instruments to $600.

15.* Clothing, jewelry and other personal items to $1800.

16. Domestic animals and poultry for family use to $1,000 and their food for 60 days.

17. Provisions (food) and fuel for your family for 60 days.18.One rifle or shotgun and one pistol to $1000.

19. Public or private pensions.

20. Veterans benefits and loans.

21. Medical assistance benefits.

22. Health insurance proceeds and disability proceeds of life insurance policies.

23. Cash surrender value of life insurance policies not payable to your estate.

24. Federal annuities.

25. Other annuities to $250 per month, excess over $250 per month subject to same exemption as wage.

26. Professionally prescribed health aids for you or your dependents.

27.* Your right to receive, or property traceable to:

a. An award under any crime victim reparation law.

b. A payment, not exceeding $10,000, on account of personal bodily injury, (not including emotional pain & suffering or compensation for actual monetary loss) of you or an individual of whom you are a dependent.

c. A payment in compensation of loss of future earnings of you or an individual of whom you are or were a dependent, to the extent reasonably necessary for your support and the support of any of your dependents.

28.* Interest in personal property to the value of $400, but this cannot be used to increase the amount of any other exemption.

29. The difference between what you actually owe the creditor and the total amount due listed in the writ of garnishment, if the amount listed in the writ is larger.

30. Your right to receive the federal earned income credit.

 

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