Attachment of Wages

KANE, Attorney General,

We have been asked to answer the question of whether to allow the attachment of a Pennsylvania debtor’s wages when the debt arises in a foreign jurisdiction wherein the wages may be lawfully attached. In a recent case, a Pennsylvania citizen who incurred a debt in New Jersey requested, in accordance with the Wage Payment and Collection Law of July 14, 1961, P. L. 637, 43 PS §§260.8, 260.9, that the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry disallow the attachment of his wages earned in Pennsylvania by his employer who does business in both New Jersey and…