Wage garnishment is legal in Maryland. The District Court of Maryland offers an excellent page summarizing Maryland Wage Garnishment rules.
Maryland follows the federal rules that limit the amount garnished to 25 percent of the debtor’s disposable income, or not less than an amount equal to 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage.
Unemployment benefits are not wages, and may not be garnished except for very narrow circumstances. These circumstances include child or spousal support, and generally not delinquent state taxes. However, that is the general rule, and Maryland may be an exception.
Call the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Division of Unemployment Insurance and ask the customer service representative about the state tax authority’s ability to garnish unemployment benefits. Call again later and ask the same question to a different customer service representative. If the two answers match, then you have an fair answer to your question.
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