§ 706.010.Title of Law

Section 706.010 does one narrow thing: it names this chapter the "Wage Garnishment Law." That short title is the label courts, employers, levying officers, and litigants use to point back to the entire body of rules that follows, from the basic definitions in § 706.011 through the tax-collection procedures of Article 4 and the exemption-claim process later in the chapter.

Nothing about the short title changes anyone's rights. It's a reference tool. When a court form, a notice served on an employer, or another statute mentions the "Wage Garnishment Law," it means this chapter as a whole — the rules governing how a judgment creditor, a support agency, or the state itself can reach part of a debtor's earnings.

The real substance starts with the very next section. § 706.020 makes this chapter the exclusive procedure for withholding an employee's wages to pay a debt, aside from support assignment orders handled under separate family law provisions.