Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 627 – Assignment of wages
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 627
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
No assignment of wages is valid against any other person than the parties thereto, unless such assignment is recorded by the clerk in the office of the Secretary of State. No such assignment of wages may be valid against the employer, unless he has actual notice thereof. [PL 1987, c. 184, §24 (AMD).]
An assignment of wages executed in satisfaction of a child support obligation shall have absolute priority over all previously filed orders against earnings entered pursuant to Title 14, section 3127?B and former section 3137, and over any other assignment of wages, which orders and assignments were entered after July 24, 1984. [PL 1987, c. 184, §24 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 782, §5 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 184, §24 (AMD).