{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-212.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 212.1","heading":"Purpose.","body":"The purpose of this part is to implement statutory provisions that protect Federal benefits from garnishment by establishing procedures that a financial institution must follow when served a garnishment order against an account holder into whose account a Federal benefit payment has been directly deposited.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance","CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","SUBCHAPTER A—BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE","PART 212—GARNISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS CONTAINING FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"c3348df4d3a133e5005a21a2d60a38e8d94934c291a91b6a0dd1ed4596e3fe25","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-211.4","next":"us/31-cfr-212.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}