On May 4, the Maryland governor’s Office of Legal Counsel provided interpretive guidance for financial institutions regarding a previous executive order prohibiting garnishment of CARES Act recovery rebates. The office recommended enforcement action not be taken against a financial institution in a number of situations, including if it subjected a customer’s CARES Act rebate to garnishment and sent the proceeds to a judgment creditor prior to receiving notice of the order or being reasonably able to act on it. The office also clarified that application of a CARES Act recovery rebate to the negative balance in an overdrawn account is not considered to be the exercise of a lien or right of setoff for purposes of the executive order.