Nevada

For Nevada, maximum share of earnings a creditor may take is Twenty-five percent of the person’s disposable earnings for the relevant workweek if the person’s gross weekly salary or wage on the date the most recent writ of garnishment was issued exceeded $770; earnings wholly exempt is 50 times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 206(a)(1) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; statute is NRS 31.295 Garnishment of earnings: Limitations on amount, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

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What the source says

The maximum amount of the aggregate disposable earnings of a person which are subject to garnishment may not exceed: (a) Eighteen percent of the person’s disposable earnings for the relevant workweek if the person’s gross weekly salary or wage on the date the most recent writ of garnishment was issued was $770 or less; (b) Twenty-five percent of the person’s disposable earnings for the relevant workweek if the person’s gross weekly salary or wage on the date the most recent writ of garnishment was issued exceeded $770; or (c) The amount by which the person’s disposable earnings for that week exceed 50 times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 206(a)(1) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., in effect at the time the earnings are payable, Ê whichever is less

— leg.state.nv.us, retrieved 2026-08-28

Source

• leg.state.nv.ushttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-031.html

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