539.4 Assignment of wages. 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 writteninstrument, and if married, unless the husband and wife sign and acknowledge the samejoint 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 theemployer has in writing agreed to accept and pay said assignment or order. This sectionshall not apply to a wage assignment by an employee to an organization which representsthe employee in labor relations with the employee’s employer. [S13, §3047; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9454; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §539.4]Referred to in §91A.3, 533.326 Sat Dec 23 01:41:46 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 539.4 (15, 0)
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