{"data":{"id":"us-il/740-ilcs-170-1","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"740 ILCS 170/1","heading":"","body":"No assignment of wages earned or to be earned is valid unless\n(1) Made in a written instrument (a) signed by the wage-earner in person and (b) bearing the date of its execution, the social security number of the wage-earner, the name of the employer of the wage-earner at the time of its execution, the amount of the money loaned or the price of the articles sold or other consideration given, the rate of interest or time-price differential, if any, to be paid, and the date when such payments are due;\n(2) Given to secure an existing debt of the wage-earner or one contracted by the wage-earner simultaneously with its execution;\n(3) An exact copy thereof is furnished to the wage-earner at the time the assignment is executed;\n(4) The words \"Wage Assignment\" are printed or written in bold face letters of not less than 1/4 inch in height at the head of the wage assignment and also one inch above or below the line where the wage-earner signs that assignment;\n(5) Written as a separate instrument complete in itself and not a part of any conditional sales contract or any other instrument.\nThe requirement of the social security number of the wage-earner imposed by this Act applies only as to wage assignments made after January 1, 1966.","path":["CHAPTER 740 CIVIL LIABILITIES","Illinois Wage Assignment Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=2057\u0026ChapterID=57\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:43Z","sha256":"7d10324fcabeb531536cc7a30553edb00cee8f6280c2b4e4c1b9ca1781e6b9fd","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/740-ilcs-170-.01","next":"us-il/740-ilcs-170-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}