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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE]] MEANS ALL REMUNERATION
PAID TO ANY EMPLOYEE FOR HIS EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING THE
CASH VALUE OF ALL REMUNERATION PAIS IN ANY MEDIUM OTHER
THAN CASH.,

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
designed to standardize the use of the term
"wages" in this article. It is derived from
Internal Revenue Code §3121, 26 U.S.C. §3121.

15-302. REQUISITES OF ASSIGNMENT.

(A)   IN GENERAL.

AN ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES IS NOT VALID UNLESS:

(1)   THE ASSIGNMENT IS:

(i) IN WRITING;

(ii) SIGNED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE ASSIGNOR
BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR THE COUNTY WHERE HE
RESIDES; AND

(iii) ENTERED THE SAME DAY ON THE DOCKET OF
THE COURT BY THE CLERK; AND

(2)         WITHIN THREE DAYS FROM THE EXECUTION AND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE ASSIGNMENT, A COPY OF THE
ASSIGNMENT WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS
SERVED ON THE ASSIGNOR'S EMPLOYER IN THE SAME MANNER AS
THE MARYLAND RULES PROVIDE FOR SERVICE OF A SUMMONS.

(B)       ASSIGNMENT BY A MARRIED ASSIGNOR.

AN ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES BY A MARRIED PERSON IS NOT
VALID UNLESS ALSO EXECUTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE
ASSIGNOR'S SPOUSE IN THE MANNER REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION
(A) OF THIS SECTION.

(C)   CERTAIN ASSIGNMENTS VOID.

AN ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES TO BE EARNED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE MAKING OF THE
ASSIGNMENT IS VOID.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 8, §§ 6 and 11.

In subsection (a) of this section, in the
introductory sentence, the present phrase "so
as to vest in the assignee any beneficial
interest, either at law or in equity" is
deleted as unnecessary in light of the