Wis. Stat. § 49.96
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 49.96, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Assistance grants exempt from levy.
Official statutory text
All grants of aid to families with dependent children, payments made under ss. 48.57 (3m) or (3n) , 49.148 (1) (b) 1. or (c) or (1m) or 49.149 to 49.159 , payments made for social services, cash benefits paid by counties under s. 59.53 (21) , and benefits under s. 49.77 or federal Title XVI, are exempt from every tax, and from execution, garnishment, attachment and every other process and shall be inalienable.
History: 1973 c. 147 ; 1987 a. 27 , 399 ; 1989 a. 278 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 2940 ; Stats. 1995 s. 49.96; 1995 a. 201 , 289 ; 1997 a. 27 , 35 , 105 .
History: 1973 c. 147 ; 1987 a. 27 , 399 ; 1989 a. 278 ; 1995 a. 27 s. 2940 ; Stats. 1995 s. 49.96; 1995 a. 201 , 289 ; 1997 a. 27 , 35 , 105 .
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