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Garnishing Social Security benefits due to a debt
Updated 03/02/2012 12:51 PM | ID# 426
Can creditors such as credit card, mortgage or auto loan companies garnish Social Security benefits to pay a debt?.............................................

(((No)))) If a creditor other than the federal government tries to garnish your Social Security benefits, inform them that such an action violates Section 207 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 407).

Section 207 bars garnishment of your benefits. It can also be used as a defense if your benefits are incorrectly garnished. Our responsibility for protecting benefits against garnishment, assignments and other legal processes usually ends when the beneficiary is paid. However, once paid, benefits continue to be protected under section 207 of Act as long as they are identifiable as Social Security benefits....................................................

NOTE: Supplemental Security Income payments cannot be levied or garnished.............................................

Garnishing Social Security benefits
Updated 03/02/2012 12:51 PM | ID# 1712
Can Social Security benefits be garnished, levied or otherwise withheld by the Federal government?
There are a number of circumstances when the Federal government can garnish Social Security benefits....................................

Social Security will garnish benefits:

To enforce child support or alimony obligations under 42 USC 659...........................................................
To enforce a valid garnishment for court-ordered victim restitution under 18 USC 3613.........................................................
To collect unpaid federal taxes under 26 USC 6334(c).............................................................
To have a portion of your check withheld to satisfy a current year federal income tax liability under 26 USC 3402 (P). ..........................................................
Other federal agencies will offset benefits to collect money from benefits to pay a non-tax debt owed to that agency according to the Fair Debt Collection Practicing Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134).......................................................... If you need help in issues concerning any of the above topics contact....... Patrick at Magic Jack in Ecuador... 239-234-4428 ................................................. If need any type of Immigration help contact Nora from Ecuador at ::: [email protected] ... www.quitohotelbonanza.com ,,, My wife and I sold our collection agency after 21 years and decided to help people instead of going after people.... Magic Jack phone 239-234-4428..... local 235-0310 ... cell phone is 092066527....

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