○ Motor vehicle
valued up to $2,575
○ Any item valued up
to $425 or $8,625 worth of household furnishings, household goods, wearing
apparel, appliances, books, animals, crops, or musical instruments
○ Property valued up to
$850 in value, plus up to $8,075 of any unused amount of the exemption provided for real
estate
○ $1,625 worth of
implements, professional books, or tools of the trade
○ Any unmatured life
insurance contract, other than a credit life insurance contract
○ Professionally
prescribed health aids
○ The debtor's right
to receive: a social security, veteran's,
disability, illness, or unemployment benefit; alimony, support, or separate maintenance; and a payment under a stock bonus, pension,
profit-sharing, annuity, or similar plan or contract on account of illness,
disability, death, age, or length of service, unless: the plan or contract was established by or
under the auspices of an insider that employed the debtor at the time the
debtor's rights under the plan or contract arose;
the payment is on account of age or length of service; and the plan or contract does not qualify under
sections 401(a) or 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
○ $400 worth of
family pictures and family library
○ Money or other assets
payable to a participant or beneficiary from a retirement plan qualified
under section 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), 408, 408A, 414(d), or 414(e) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986
○ The interest of an
alternate payee in a plan described in the prior item
○ Property traceable
to: an award under a crime victim's
reparation law; a payment on account of the
wrongful death of an individual of whom the debtor was a dependent; a payment under a life insurance contract that
insured the life of an individual of whom the debtor was a dependent on the
date of the individual's death, to the extent reasonably necessary for the
support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor; a payment, including pain and suffering or
compensation for actual pecuniary loss, of the debtor or an individual of
whom the debtor is a dependent; or a payment
in compensation of loss of future earnings of the debtor or an individual
of whom the debtor is or was a dependent, to the extent reasonably
necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor
○ Provisions for 3
months support;
·
$300 worth of the library, office furniture, and
implements of a professional person or artist
○
·
The debtor's aggregate interest in real property used
as the residence of the debtor or in a burial plot for the debtor or
dependent of the debtor
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○ Unmatured life
insurance;
$300 worth of non-head of household
clothes
○ Public assistance;
unemployment compensation; 75% of wages or 30 times minimum wage;
notary’s official seal and documents; DC judges’ retirement;
earnings not otherwise exempt; teacher’s retirement and disability
benefits; group life policies or proceeds; worker’s compensation;
partnership property; condominium escrow funds; cemetery lots held by
cemetery association; $50 worth of holdings of a member of a coop
association; $200 worth of non-head of household mechanics’ tools;
non-head of household earnings; uninsured motorist compensation benefits;
Taxicab Sinking Fund
The Federal exemptions allow you to
keep:
○ Up to $18,450 in real
property or personal property used as a residence or a burial plot
○ Up to $2,950 in value
for one motor vehicle
○ Up to $475 in value in
any particular item or $9,850 in aggregate value, in household furnishings,
household goods, wearing apparel, appliances, books, animals, crops, or
musical instruments, that are held primarily for the personal, family, or
household use
○ Up to $1,225 in
jewelry;
○ Up to $975 in value
for any property, plus up to $9,250 of any unused amount of the exemption
provided for the real property exemption
○ Up to $1,850 in
implements, professional books, or tools, of the trade
○ Any unmatured life
insurance contract owned by the debtor, other than a credit life insurance
contract
○ Up to $9,850 less any
amount of property of the estate transferred in the manner specified in
section 542(d), in any accrued dividend or interest under, or loan value
of, any unmatured life insurance contract owned by the debtor under which
the insured is the debtor or an individual of whom the debtor is a
dependent; professionally prescribed health aids
○ The debtor's right to
receive a social security benefit, unemployment
compensation, or a local public assistance benefit;
a veterans' benefit; a disability, illness, or
unemployment benefit; alimony, support, or
separate maintenance, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of
the debtor and any dependent of the debtor; a
payment under a stock bonus, pension, profit sharing, annuity, or similar
plan or contract on account of illness, disability, death, age, or length
of service, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the
debtor and any dependent of the debtor, unless—
● such
plan or contract was established by or under the auspices of an insider
that employed the debtor at the time the debtor's rights under such plan or
contract arose;
● such
payment is on account of age or length of service;
● such
plan or contract does not qualify under section 401(a), 403(a), 403(b), or
408 of the IRC of 1986
○ The debtor's right to
receive, or property that is traceable to:
● an
award under a crime victim's reparation law;
● a
payment on account of the wrongful death of an individual of whom the
debtor was a dependent;
● a payment
under a life insurance contract that insured the life of an individual of
whom the debtor was a dependent on the date of such individual's death;
● a payment, not to exceed
$18,450 on account of personal bodily injury, not including pain and suffering
or compensation for actual pecuniary loss, of the debtor or an individual
of whom the debtor is a dependent; or
● a
payment in compensation of loss of future earnings of the debtor or an
individual of whom the debtor is or was a dependent
○ Retirement funds to
the extent that those funds are in a fund or account that is exempt from
taxation under section 401, 403, 408, 408A, 414, 457, or 501(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986
