Student Loan Default May Cause Suspension of Professional or Driver's License

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Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Stacy Cowley and Natalie Kitroeff, Price of Unpaid Student Debt: The Very Job Needed to Pay It. New York Times, Nov 19, 2017 (front page).
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/ ... loans-licenses.html

Quote:

"in 19 states, government agencies can seize state-issued professional licenses from residents who default on their educational debts. Another state, South Dakota, suspends driver’s licenses, making it nearly impossible for people to get to work.

"Many student loans are backed by guarantees by the state or federal government, which foot the bills if borrowers default.

Note:
(a) There is nn need to read the rest of this report.
(b) A map in this report shows the states are alphabetically: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington (total: 20).
(c) This report says, "To get the license back, she [Shannon Otto. a white woman] said, she would have to pay more than $1,500. She couldn't."

The amount is not much.