Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-41/section-1677.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "15 U.S.C. § 1677"
+description: "Effect on State laws"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 15
+title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
+chapter_number: "41"
+chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
+section: "1677"
+citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1677"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1677"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-15/usc15.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 15 U.S.C. § 1677 - Effect on State laws
+
+## Text
+
+This subchapter does not annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any person from complying with, the laws of any State
+
+(1) prohibiting garnishments or providing for more limited garnishment than are allowed under this subchapter, or
+
+(2) prohibiting the discharge of any employee by reason of the fact that his earnings have been subjected to garnishment for more than one indebtedness.
+
+(Pub. L. 90–321, title III, § 307, May 29, 1968, 82 Stat. 164.)