Maine Code § 26-627

Assignment of wages
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An assignment of wages is not valid against any other person than the parties to the assignment
unless the assignment is recorded by the clerk in the office of the Secretary of State. An assignment of
wages may not be valid against the employer unless the employer has actual notice of the assignment.
[RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. E, §14 (COR).]
An assignment of wages executed in satisfaction of a child support obligation shall have absolute
priority over all previously filed orders against earnings entered pursuant to Title 14, section 3127-B
and former section 3137, and over any other assignment of wages, which orders and assignments were
entered after July 24, 1984. [PL 1987, c. 184, §24 (AMD).]

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