71-4-117 - Assignment of benefits Exemption.

71-4-117. Assignment of benefits Exemption.

Assistance granted under this part shall not be transferable or assignable, at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this part shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

[Acts 1937, ch. 51, § 9; 1937, ch. 51, § 20-a, as added by Acts 1941, ch. 38, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 4765.66 (Williams, §§ 4765.65, 4765.74a); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 14-524, 14-13-117.]