Social Security Benefits And Credit Card Debt

Can Your Social Security Benefits Be Seized To Pay Your Credit Card Debt?

If you are on Social  Security and have credit card debt that you are unable to pay, can the credit card company garnish your monthly Social Security benefits?



As long as the account where your Social Security benefits are deposited contain only your Social Security funds, then those funds can not be seized...unless it is to pay a government debt that you owe such as income taxes, child support or alimony. If you have other funds in the account with your Social Security benefits, you will pro...


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