Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-238.2
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Assignment of earnings to be honored by employer -
Official statutory text
Release from liability.
Any person, firm, corporation, association, political
subdivision or department of the state employing a person owing a
support debt or obligation shall honor, according to its terms, a
duly executed assignment of earnings presented by the Director as a
plan to satisfy or retire a support debt or obligation. This
requirement to honor the assignment of earnings and the assignment
of earnings itself shall be applicable whether said earnings are to
be paid presently or in the future and shall continue in force and
effect until released in writing by the Director. Payment of money
pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented by the Director
shall serve as full acquittance under any contract of employment,
and the state warrants and represents it shall defend and hold
harmless such action taken pursuant to said assignment of earnings.
The Director shall be released from liability for improper receipt
of monies under an assignment of earnings upon return of any monies
so received.
Any person, firm, corporation, association, political
subdivision or department of the state employing a person owing a
support debt or obligation shall honor, according to its terms, a
duly executed assignment of earnings presented by the Director as a
plan to satisfy or retire a support debt or obligation. This
requirement to honor the assignment of earnings and the assignment
of earnings itself shall be applicable whether said earnings are to
be paid presently or in the future and shall continue in force and
effect until released in writing by the Director. Payment of money
pursuant to an assignment of earnings presented by the Director
shall serve as full acquittance under any contract of employment,
and the state warrants and represents it shall defend and hold
harmless such action taken pursuant to said assignment of earnings.
The Director shall be released from liability for improper receipt
of monies under an assignment of earnings upon return of any monies
so received.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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