Appendix D: Social Security Act § 207, 42 U.S.C. § 407

• Author: Gregory Germain
• Pages: 410-410

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APPENDIX D: Social Security Act § 207, 42 U.S.C. § 407

(a) The right of any person to any future payment under this title shall not be transferable or

assignable, at law or in equity, and none of the moneys paid or payable or rights existing under

this title shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, or to

the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

(b) No other provision of law, enacted before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this

section, may be construed to limit, supersede, or otherwise modify the provisions of this section

except to the extent that it does so by express reference to this section.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit withholding taxes from any benefit

under this title, if such withholding is done pursuant to a request made in accordance with

section 3402(p)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by the person entitled to such benefit or

such person’s representative payee