In America, will you go to jail for not paying debt?

Question

Say an outstanding balance of $3,000. Can I go to jail for not paying!?

Answer

Not unless you owe the IRS that money. $3000 isn't worth ruining your credit over though. Just find a way to work with them through payments

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No more Debtor's Prison in America. You only go to jail if you don't pay your taxes.

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No jail time but your credit score will be greatly impacted. That means no cars or houses etc

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No jail time, but the creditor can sue and it will negatively impact your cedit badly!  Also some creditors can garnish your wages. That happened to me a looooong time ago with a forgotten doctor bill and best believe it never happened to me again. I have a little memo pad that i open every two weeks and make my payments on everything so that i definitely will not miss anything

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If this were the case almost everyone would be in jail. Debt is an American epidemic because most of us aquire debt by simple steps in life like college and emergencies.

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No but your credit will be ruined and you'll never be able to finance anything

In America, will you go to jail for not paying debt?

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