§ 706.127.Employer's Instructions

Title 9. Enforcement of Judgments · Division 2 · Chapter 5. Wage Garnishment · Article 6. Forms; Employer's Instructions · Enacted 1982 · no amendments on record · Last verified July 28, 2026

In one sentenceSection 706.127 directs the Judicial Council to prepare, and keep current, plain instructions for employers on complying with wage garnishment orders, and to publish and distribute those instructions to levying officers for use in serving employers.

Full Text of § 706.127

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(a) The Judicial Council shall prepare "employer's instructions" for employers and revise or supplement these instructions to reflect changes in the law or rules regulating the withholding of earnings.

(b) Except to the extent that they are included in the forms required to be provided by the employer to the levying officer, the Judicial Council shall publish and provide to the levying officers copies of the employer's instructions.

Plain-English Summary

Payroll staff handling an earnings withholding order for the first time need more than a form; they need an explanation. This section puts that job on the Judicial Council, which prepares the employer's instructions and updates them whenever the underlying law or rules change.

Once written, the instructions get published and distributed to levying officers, who hand a copy to the employer at the same time they serve the order, as § 706.103 requires. The result is a single, statewide source of guidance rather than employers or their attorneys guessing at what compliance requires.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who writes the instructions employers get for complying with a wage garnishment order?

The Judicial Council, which also updates them whenever the governing law or rules change.

When does an employer receive these instructions?

Ordinarily at the same time the levying officer serves the earnings withholding order, as required by § 706.103(b).

Amendment History

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.

Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature. Last verified July 28, 2026. · Official source

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