Can you really be garnished for unpaid tuition?????
Date: Wed, 07/22/2009 - 17:35
Can you really be garnished for unpaid tuition?????
I have been receiving calls from a guy stating that I owe the University of Akron tuition of $9,000 because of failing to drop my classes properly and not withdrawing from the college correctly.
I was 17 years old at the time (Fall of 2001) and thought all I had to do was clean out my portion of the dorm, advise all of my roommates that I wasn't coming back after Halloween, and just leave the campus. Also, I was failing a couple classes and was told that we were automatically kicked out of the school if we finished the 1st semester with failing grades, which I did.
Now, it's 2009 and I'm getting calls from a guy stating that unless this is repayed by putting down 10% now ($900 of which I don't have, I only bring home 1342 a month after taxes), I will be garnished my wages and my federal income tax return as well!
Is this true? Can my wages be garnished because of an unpaid school tuition? Not a federal student loan, but tuition fees. Can somebody help me please......
I was 17 years old at the time (Fall of 2001) and thought all I had to do was clean out my portion of the dorm, advise all of my roommates that I wasn't coming back after Halloween, and just leave the campus. Also, I was failing a couple classes and was told that we were automatically kicked out of the school if we finished the 1st semester with failing grades, which I did.
Now, it's 2009 and I'm getting calls from a guy stating that unless this is repayed by putting down 10% now ($900 of which I don't have, I only bring home 1342 a month after taxes), I will be garnished my wages and my federal income tax return as well!
Is this true? Can my wages be garnished because of an unpaid school tuition? Not a federal student loan, but tuition fees. Can somebody help me please......
Yup.....Public school...public debt. The state gets involved an
Yup.....Public school...public debt. The state gets involved and they can seize state and federal tax returns.
unpaid tuition
how about me I have a CA calling me for tuition that goes back to 1993, it's now 2009. This is the 1st I ever heard about it and I thought it was a scam. I thought I paid everything off. Isn't there a time frame where they cannot collect on old debts?
Private schools would have to sue you, which most due. Then the
Private schools would have to sue you, which most due. Then they will pursue garnishment.