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Iowa Code § 539.4 (2026)

Assignment of wages

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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 written instrument, and if married, unless the husband and wife sign and acknowledge the same joint instrument before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments. Provided, however,

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Tue Dec 09 22:02:30 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 539 (19, 1) §539.4, ASSIGNMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND NONNEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS 2\n\nthat no such assignment or order shall be effective or binding upon the employer unless the employer has in writing agreed to accept and pay said assignment or order. This section shall not apply to a wage assignment by an employee to an organization which represents the 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\n\n 539.5 Priority. Assignments of wages shall have priority and precedence in the order in which notice in writing of such assignments shall be given to the employer, and not otherwise. [S13, §3047; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9455; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §539.5]

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1989–1989 · leading case: Teamsters Local 358 v. Des Moines Register, 438 N.W.2d 598 (Iowa 1989).
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Teamsters Local 358 v. Des Moines Register, 438 N.W.2d 598 (Iowa 1989). · cites it 8× “On January 7, 1988, the Union and Thompson sought a declaratory ruling by the district court on whether the Register was “obligated to accept an assignment of wages from an employee to an organization which represents the employee in labor relations” pursuant to Iowa Code…”
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