New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:21 – Assignment of Earnings
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I. Any person employing a person owing a support debt shall honor a duly executed assignment of earnings presented by the commissioner. This requirement to honor the assignment of earnings itself shall be applicable whether the earnings are to be paid presently or in the future and shall continue in force until released in writing by the commissioner. Payment pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented by the commissioner shall serve as full acquittance under any contract of employment, and the state warrants that it shall defend and hold harmless any person who honors the assignment of earnings for claims arising from the action taken in honoring the assignment. The commissioner shall not be liable for improper receipt of monies under an assignment of earnings upon return of any monies so received.
II. No employee shall be discharged by reason of any presentation of an assignment of earnings.
II. No employee shall be discharged by reason of any presentation of an assignment of earnings.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:21
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the New Hampshire department of health and human services, or his designee or authorized representative. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Earnings: means compensation paid or payable for personal services whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus or otherwise, and specifically includes periodic payments pursuant to pension or retirement programs, or insurance policies of any type, and all gain derived from capital, from labor or from both combined, including profit gained through sale or conversion of capital assets but does not include payments by any department or division of the state or federal government based upon inability to work or obtain employment. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:2
- Person: means an individual, trust, estate, partnership, association, company, corporation, political subdivision of the state or instrumentality of the state. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 161-C:2
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4