{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-212.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 212.2","heading":"Scope.","body":"This part applies to:\n(a) Entities. All financial institutions, as defined in § 212.3.\n(b) Funds. Federal benefit payments protected from garnishment pursuant to the following authorities:\n(1) SSA benefit payments protected under 42 U.S.C. 407 and 42 U.S.C. 1383(d)(1);\n(2) VA benefit payments protected under 38 U.S.C. 5301(a);\n(3) RRB benefit payments protected under 45 U.S.C. 231m(a) and 45 U.S.C. 352(e); and\n(4) OPM benefit payments protected under 5 U.S.C. 8346 and 5 U.S.C. 8470.","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":"8b9e665ead2637e79545a0dbab5a1418f3bef2dc5cfb5e9d066746f864ee523b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-212.1","next":"us/31-cfr-212.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}