What are the types of income that can be seized?

Verified 01 April 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

When an individual is subject to seizure, his sources of income are seizable in whole or in part, or totally elusive, depending on the type of seizure: seizure on salary, {circumflex over (X)}, administrative seizure to third party holder (SATD).

Seizure on salary

Where an individual is subject to a wage attachment (or entry of remuneration) decided by the judge, some of his income is seizable, while others are totally elusive. Amounts deducted from seizable income are calculated on the basis of a scale. But the schedule does not apply when the seizure is used to pay child support.

FYI  

In all cases, it is mandatory to leave at least the amount of the elusive bank balance, i.e. an amount at least equal to €651.69.

Most of the time, the amount of the seizable income is calculated from the cumulative net wages collected in the previous 12 months the record of seizure.

Please note

When the employee receives wages from several employers, the seizable income is calculated on all of these amounts.

But the seizable income also consists the following amounts:

  • Supplementary allowances provided in the event of a reduction in working hours (unemployment, part-time work, temporary part-time work)
  • Return to Work Allowance (RTO)
  • Solidarity Allowance for the Elderly (Aspa)
  • Unemployment benefits (allowances, aids and any other benefits paid by France Travail - formerly Pôle emploi -)
  • Voluntary Retirement Benefit
  • Daily sickness, maternity and child benefit
  • Disability pensions and life annuities
  • Retirement pensions and survivor's pensions.

In addition, family benefits may be seized only in certain cases and for the payment of certain claims only.

On the other hand, some sums are not included of the seizable income:

The maximum amount of garnishment varies, depending on whether the garnishment is used to repay an unpaid child support or other debt:

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Unpaid child support

Seizable income may be seized in its entirety, except for Elusive bank balance (SBI).

The SBI is the minimum amount that must be left to the debtor.

This sum is at least equal to €651.69.

Warning  

The nature and amount of the amount seized must be mentioned on the pay slip, under penalty of sanctions against the employer.

Other debt

Calculation of the maximum amount of the entry

Only a fraction of the garnishable income can be withheld by the employer.

This seizable share is determined by a scale defined for a debtor living alone.

Tableau - Maximum amount of the seizure for each installment of monthly resources that can be seized

Total Monthly Seizable Resources

Seizable portion

Maximum amount of the entry

(cumulative amount)

1re slice

Up to €373.33

1/20e

€18.67

2e slice

Beyond €373.33 and until €727.50

1/10e

€54.08

3e slice

Beyond €727.50 and until €1,083.33

1/5e

€125.25

4e slice

Beyond €1,083.33 and until €1,435.83

1/4

€213.37

5e slice

Beyond €1,435.83 and until €1,789.17

1/3

€331.15

6e slice

Beyond €1,789.17 and until €2,150.83

2/3

€572.26

7e slice

Beyond €2,150.83

100%

€572.26

+ the totality of the sums beyond €2,150.83

Example :

  • For the debtor whose total of the monthly resources that can be seized is €1,500, the amount of the seizure may be up to €331.15 - ((€1,789.17 - €1,500) x 1/3) = €234.76 per month.
  • For the debtor whose total of the monthly resources that can be seized is €2,500, the amount of the seizure may be up to €572.26 + (2,500 - €2,150.83) =€921.43 per month.

The amount of the installments shall be increased, for each person dependent on the debtor, by €145.00.

The debtor's dependants are, on presentation of supporting documents, the following:

  • Spouse, partner of Civil partnerships: titleContent or cohabiting partner whose resources are less than €651.69
  • Dependent children (who live with him or for whom he pays child support)
  • Ascendant whose resources are less than €651.69 and who lives with him or for whom he pays child support.

FYI  

It is obligatory to leave at the disposal of the debtor Elusive bank balance (SBI), that is to say at least €651.69.

Estimated amount of seizure

It is possible to estimate the maximum amount that can be captured using a simulator:

Estimate the amount of the salary (or salary) seizure

Warning  

The nature and amount of the amount seized must be mentioned on the pay slip, under penalty of sanctions against the employer.

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Where an individual is the subject of a seizure-assignment), certain income may be seized in full, or may be seized only in part, or may be completely elusive.

FYI  

It is mandatory to leave at the disposal of the person seized at least the amount of the elusive bank balance, i.e. an amount at least equal to €651.69.

Totally seizable amounts
Seizable amounts in part
  • Net salary
  • Overtime pay increases
  • Benefits in kind
  • Daily sickness, maternity and child benefit
  • Supplementary allowances for reduced working hours (part-time work, temporary part-time work)
  • Unemployment benefits (allowances, aids and any other benefits paid by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi))
  • Voluntary Retirement Benefit
  • Return to Work Allowance (RTO)
  • Disability pensions and life annuities
  • Retirement pensions and survivor's pensions
  • Solidarity Allowance for the Elderly (Aspa)

FYI  

family benefits may be seized only in certain cases and for the payment of certain claims only.

Elusive sums
  • Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA) and Independent Living Supplement (ILM) except for the payment of maintenance costs of the disabled person
  • Personalized Autonomy Allowance (Apa)
  • Specific Solidarity Allowance (SSA)
  • Capital allowances or pensions for accidents at work
  • Severance payments resulting from the company's economic situation
  • Allowances representative of professional expenses
  • Activity bonus
  • Active Solidarity Income (SSA)

SATD

When an individual is subject to a third party administrative seizure (DTAS), some income is partially seizable, while others are completely elusive.

FYI  

It is mandatory to leave at the disposal of the person seized at least the amount of the elusive bank balance, i.e. an amount at least equal to €651.69.

Partially seizable sums
  • Net salary
  • Overtime pay increases
  • Benefits in kind
  • Daily sickness, maternity and child benefit
  • Supplementary allowances for reduced working hours (part-time work, temporary part-time work)
  • Unemployment benefits (allowances, aids and any other benefits paid by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi))
  • Voluntary Retirement Benefit
  • Return to Work Allowance (RTO)
  • Disability pensions and life annuities
  • Retirement pensions and survivor's pensions
  • Solidarity Allowance for the Elderly (Aspa)

In addition, family benefits may be seized only in certain cases and for the payment of certain claims only.

Totally seizable amounts
Elusive sums

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