Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 263

EXECUTIONS RELATING TO EXEMPTION OF WAGES FROM MESNE ATTACHMENT PROCESS

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 133 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, RELATING TO EXEMPTION OF WAGES FROM MESNE ATTACHMENT PROCESS AND EXECUTION ATTACHMENT PROCESS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS BY PROVIDING FOR ATTACHMENT OF WAGES IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY FOR TAXES OWING THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Chapter 133 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out and repealing the second paragraph of 4804. Sec. 13. of said Chapter, as amended, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"The provisions of this Section as to the liability to attachment process of ten per centum of wages in New Castle County shall apply solely to debts incurred for or on account of the purchase of food, provisions and articles used in the home, commonly designated as the necessities of life, and to taxes owing to the State of Delaware."

Section 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed only to the extent of such inconsistency.

Approved June 5, 1951.