West Virginia Code § 46A-2-116

Assignment of earnings
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(1) The maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any
workweek which may be subjected to any one or more assignments of earnings for the
payment of a debt or debts arising from one or more consumer credit sales, consumer
leases, or consumer loans, or one or more sales as defined in §46A-6-102 of this code, may
not exceed 25 percent of his or her disposable earnings for that week. e
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of an iundividual remaining after
the deduction from those earnings of amounts required by law to be withheld; and
(b) "Assignment of earnings" includes all forms of assignments, deductions, transfers, or
sales of earnings to another, either as payment or as saecurity, and whether stated to be
revocable or nonrevocable, and includes any deductions authorized under the provisions of
§21-5-3 of this code, except deductions for union, lalbor organization, or club dues or fees,
pension plans, payroll savings plans, charitiess, stock purchase plans, and any form of
insurance offered by an employer.
(3) Any assignment of earnings and any deduction under §21-5-3 of this code shall be
revocable by the employee at will at any time, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary.
(4) The priority of multiple assignments of earnings shall be according to the date and time
of each such assignment.

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