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School cashed my loan check / took disbursement without authorization
The answer: there is a real legal lane for this. "School cashed my loan check / took disbursement without authorization" proceeds as a Federal false-certification discharge (34 CFR §685.215). If granted: the loan (or the unauthorized payment) is wiped — balance, accrued charges, and collection costs — with refunds of amounts paid, default status removed, and adverse credit deleted (34 CFR §685.215(b)). The packet is your statement of facts + the evidence checklist for the ED application form.
The legal basis, verbatim
34 CFR §685.215(a)(2): the school, without authorization, "endorsed the borrower's loan check or signed the borrower's authorization for electronic funds transfer," unless proceeds were delivered to the student or applied to charges owed
What winning gets you
- Discharge of the amount of the unauthorized payment (34 CFR §685.215(b)(2)) — not the whole loan
- Reimbursement, default-status and credit-history relief per §685.215(b)(3)-(5)
The documentation checklist
- Statement that you did not endorse the check or sign the EFT authorization (34 CFR §685.215(c)(4)(i))
- Statement that the proceeds were not delivered to you or applied to charges you owed ((c)(4)(ii))
What they may say — and the reality
- The exception swallows weak claims: if the money paid YOUR charges at the school, there is no discharge — check the school account ledger first
- ED weighs your statements against school records, guaranty agencies, accreditors, and other sources (34 CFR §685.215(d)(4)) — the packet must be factually exact, never inflated
Engine notes
- Application is on an ED-approved form, under penalty of perjury (no notary); collection is suspended while it is pending; you get 60 days to return the form once ED provides it, and one 30-day window to fix an incomplete application (34 CFR §685.215(d))
- No filing deadline exists for the borrower's own discharge application — ignore anyone selling urgency (34 CFR §685.215/§685.214 contain none)
- [GAP] loan_type not supplied — screens assume a federal Direct Loan; check your loan type at studentaid.gov (private loans have NO federal discharge rights)
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Generated 2026-07-08 by EduPulse (The Aslan Group LLC) from the same source-cited legal reference data our paid engine uses (34 CFR §§685.214/685.215/685.219, eCFR issue 2026-07-06; Cal. Civ. Code §§1788.100–1788.106). Informational, not legal advice. We never request FSA credentials and cannot expedite federal processing. Contact: info@theaslangroupllc.com