# Minnesota — Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

For Minnesota, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is 25 percent of the debtor's disposable earnings; statute is 571.922 LIMITATION ON WAGE GARNISHMENT, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Minnesota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum share of earnings a creditor may take:** 25 percent of the debtor's disposable earnings _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 571.922 LIMITATION ON WAGE GARNISHMENT. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> earnings of an individual for any pay period subjected to garnishment may not exceed the lesser of: (1) 25 percent of the debtor's disposable earnings, if the debtor's weekly income exceeds 80 times the greater of the hourly wage described in paragraph (b); (2) 15 percent of the debtor's disposable earnings, if the debtor's week

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/571.922

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-02-22.
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