Iowa § 539.4 Assignment of wages

Iowa Statutes

§ 539.4 — Assignment of wages

Iowa § 539.4

Title XIIICOMMERCE

Ch. 539ASSIGNMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND NONNEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

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Iowa Code § 539.4 (2026).

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No sale or assignment, by the head of a family, of wages, whether the same be exempt from
execution or not, shall be of any validity whatever unless the same be evidenced by a written
instrument, and if married, unless the husband and wife sign and acknowledge the same
joint instrument before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments. Provided, however,

that no such assignment or order shall be effective or binding upon the employer unless the
employer has in writing agreed to accept and pay said assignment or order. This section
shall not apply to a wage assignment by an employee to an organization which represents
the employee in labor relations with the employee’s employer.

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No sale or assignment, by the head of a family, of wages, whether the same be exempt from
execution or not, shall be of any validity whatever unless the same be evidenced by a written
instrument, and if married, unless the husband and wife sign and acknowledge the same
joint instrument before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments. Provided, however,

that no such assignment or order shall be effective or binding upon the employer unless the
employer has in writing agreed to accept and pay said assignment or order. This section
shall not apply to a wage assignment by an employee to an organization which represents
the employee in labor relations with the employee’s employer.