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Court Services Division Manual / Volume 6 - Civil Management Bureau (CMB) / Manual of Civil Procedure / 6-23/000.00 Earnings Withholding Orders / 6-23/500.00 Earnings Subject to Withholding

6-23/530.00 Termination of Order


6-23/520.00 Withholding Period
6-23/600.00 Priorities of Wage Levy Orders

The employer must withhold wages until the earlier of:

  1. The date the employer withheld the amount to satisfy.  (CCP 706.022(a)(1), 706.032)
  2. The date of termination in a court order served on the employers. (CCP 706.022(a)(2), 706.032)
  3. The date of termination in a Notice of Termination served on the employer by the levying officer. (CCP 706.022(a)(3), 706.032)
  4. The date of expiration of a dormant earnings withholding order (180 continuous days after no amounts are withheld because the employee terminated employment.)  (CCP 706.022(a)(4), 706.032) 
  5. The date of expiration of the suspension of an order (two years after no amounts have been withheld due to an order or assignment with higher priority.) (CCP 706.022(a)(4), 706.032)
  6. One year after the employee terminates if the earnings withholding order is for support. (CCP 706.030(c)(1)) 

If an earnings withholding order has terminated due to the expiration of a dormant or suspended order, the employer must return the earnings withholding order to the levying officer with a statement of the reasons for returning the order.  (CCP 706.032(b))