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2. Do I have to pay off credit card debt that’s been sold to a ...

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   Debt collectors can also decide to sue you for unpaid debts, at which point they can request a court order to garnish your wages or take money from your bank account.

3. Garnishment - Wikipedia

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   The federal garnishment limit (with some exceptions like child support and student loans) on a weekly basis is the lower of (A) 25% of one's disposable earnings (what's left after mandatory tax deductions), or (B) the total amount by which one's weekly wage exceeds thirty times the federal hourly minimum wage. Several other states observe ...

4. Truth in Lending Act - Wikipedia

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   Truth in Lending Act; Long title: An Act to safeguard the consumer in connection with the utilization of credit by requiring full disclosure of the terms and conditions of finance charges in credit transactions or in offers to extend credit; by restricting the garnishment of wages; and by creating the National Commission on Consumer Finance to study and make recommendations on the need for ...

5. Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968 - Wikipedia

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   The Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) is a United States law Pub. L. 90–321, 82 Stat. 146, enacted May 29, 1968, composed of several titles relating to consumer credit, mainly title I, the Truth in Lending Act, title II related to extortionate credit transactions, title III related to restrictions on wage garnishment, and title IV related to the National Commission on Consumer Finance.

6. Breaking the social stigma around debt - AOL

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   The stigma of debt has made many reluctant to take out a loan for any reason. While debt ... Scammers will threaten to take homes and garnish wages or benefits if the fraudulent debt companies don ...

7. Many student loan borrowers are in for a big, bad surprise in ...

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   There are approximately 5.6 million former students currently in default, meaning their loans are at least 270 days behind on payment, who could be immediately affected when collections crank back ...

8. Fair debt collection - Wikipedia

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   U.S. state laws on fair debt collection generally fall into two categories: laws which require persons who are collecting debts from consumers to be licensed, registered or bonded in order to collect from consumers in their states, and laws that protect consumers from specific unfair practices by debt collectors, which may include collection agencies and sometimes original creditors. [2]

9. Debtor-in-possession financing - Wikipedia

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   The willingness of governments to allow lenders to place debtor-in-possession financing claims ahead of an insolvent company's existing debt varies; US bankruptcy law expressly allows this [8] while French law had long treated the practice as soutien abusif, requiring employees and state interests be paid first even if the end result was liquidation instead of corporate restructuring.