§ 28-22-15 — When only absolute exemptions allowed

Only absolute exemptions may be allowed against process:
1. For the wages of a laborer or mechanic who is, or had been, employed by the
judgment debtor;
2. Upon a debt incurred for property obtained under false pretenses;
3. For fines, penalties, or costs of criminal prosecutions;
4. Against a nonresident;
5. Against a debtor who is in the act of removing with the debtor's family from the state;
or
6. Against a debtor who has absconded, taking the debtor's family along.