# North Carolina — Wage garnishment limits and exempt earnings by state

For North Carolina, earnings wholly exempt is the earnings of the debtor for his personal services, at any time within 60 days next preceding the order, cannot be so applied; statute is § 1-362. Debtor's property ordered sold, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26; source re-checked 2026-08-30.

- **State:** North Carolina _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Earnings wholly exempt:** the earnings of the debtor for his personal services, at any time within 60 days next preceding the order, cannot be so applied _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** § 1-362. Debtor's property ordered sold. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> of the judgment; except that the earnings of the debtor for his personal services, at any time within 60 days next preceding the order, cannot be so applied when it appears, by the debtor's affidavit or otherwise, that these earnings are necessary for the use of a family supported wholly or partly by his labor. (C.C.P., s. 269;

## Source

- https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-362.html

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