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Dealing with Council Tax arrears
will want you to pay the debt within the current tax year. The council might: send a bailiff to take items from your home - check what to do if bailiffs visit your home take a fixed percentage from
What happens when a debt relief order is made
paying any arrears after the DRO is made payments to bailiffs, also called enforcement agents, who have taken control of your belongings through a controlled goods agreement. Having a DRO won't stop them
Creditor trying to make you bankrupt
cancelled, your creditors can ask the court to make a bankruptcy order attempting to enforce a court judgment that's been made against you using bailiffs or another enforcement process. The bailiffs
If you’re being evicted by the council or housing association
left by the date on your possession order - they’ll then send the bailiffs to your home to evict you What you can do to challenge the eviction There are steps you can take to try to stay in your home
If you owe child maintenance
the arrears by: asking bailiffs to take things from you and sell them getting a court order to force you to sell your home If that still doesn’t clear the arrears, the CMS can ask a court to consider: taking
If you don’t pay your water bill
, the company can take you to court to get a county court judgment to recover the money you owe. You may then get a notice of enforcement from a firm of bailiffs telling you they are going to come round
If you get a ‘section 21’ eviction notice
- this means they can use court bailiffs to evict you. If they try to force you to leave before this, it’s an illegal eviction - you can talk to an adviser for help to challenge it. Your landlord can
If you get a ‘section 8’ eviction notice
bailiffs are coming to your home. Your landlord will have to get an eviction warrant from the court if you don't leave your home by the date on the possession order. This means they can ask the court
What happens at the end of a debt relief order
or a debt where you have a controlled goods agreement with a bailiff. If you want to stay in your home or keep the belongings, you may still have to pay. If a creditor won't accept or believe
If you’re struggling to pay your credit card
worse. If you’ve had a letter saying your credit card company will take you to court, find out how to deal with a court claim. If you’ve already been to court and your letter says a bailiff might visit