QUOTE(TxQuiltGirl @ Aug 30 2005, 08:11 PM)
Well, I would think that would be true for the Guaranty but not for the original lender. Does that apply to the OC?
I think it is only the guarantor, but that section of the HEA is unclear (at least I think it is). Here's what I was pointed to (it's from the Higher Education Act -- they sure did think of everything on this one, didn't they

?):
QUOTE
Notwithstanding paragraphs (4) and (6) of subsection (a) of
section 605 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C.
1681c(a)(4), (a)(6)), a consumer reporting agency may make a report
containing information received from the Secretary or a guaranty
agency, eligible lender, or subsequent holder regarding the status
of a borrower's defaulted account on a loan guaranteed under this
part until -
(1) 7 years from the date on which the Secretary or the agency
paid a claim to the holder on the guaranty;
(2) 7 years from the date the Secretary, guaranty agency,
eligible lender, or subsequent holder first reported the account
to the consumer reporting agency; or
(3) in the case of a borrower who reenters repayment after
defaulting on a loan and subsequently goes into default on such
loan, 7 years from the date the loan entered default such
subsequent time.
It says that it can report from 7 years after the claim is paid, but it doesn't say WHO can continue to report. I would say that only means the guarantor, but, as usual, they can pretty much read it whichever way they want to! I don't think that most OCs report beyond the "regular" date anyway, so it's probably irrelevant, anyway (by that point, they've long since gotten repaid by the guarantor, so I don't think they care all that much), just like most SL CAs don't report. But, the guarantor definitely can report it for longer.
Hope this helps!!