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Colorado

For Colorado, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is Twenty percent of the individual's disposable earnings for that week; earnings wholly exempt is forty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by 29 U.S.C. sec. 206 (a)(1) in effect at the time the earnings are payable; statute is 13-54-104. Restrictions on garnishment and levy under execution or attachment - definitions, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

State
Colorado our reading
Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take
Twenty percent of the individual's disposable earnings for that week verified
Earnings wholly exempt
forty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by 29 U.S.C. sec. 206 (a)(1) in effect at the time the earnings are payable verified
Statute
13-54-104. Restrictions on garnishment and levy under execution or attachment - definitions. verified
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Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek that is subjected to garnishment or levy under execution or attachment may not exceed: (I) For debts other than debts pursuant to subsection (2)(a)(II) of this section, the lesser of: (A) Twenty percent of the individual's disposable earnings for that week; or (B) The amount by which the individual's disposable earnings for that week exceed forty times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by 29 U.S.C. sec. 206 (a)(1) in effect at the time the earnings are payable; or (C) The amount by wh

leg.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-08-29

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