help with bailiffs please

RAS

They cannot touch your cars.

A levy is a piece of paper on which the bailiff writes a list of good they have secured against the debtor (it is illegal to sell these goods as the bailiff now owns them).

They can only levy against goods owned by the debtor, so you car is safe.

CIS

levied on??? does that mean if they have been let into the property to note what is in the property?? so if we make sure they dont come in the property they cant do anything?

They don't have to be in the property, effectively they can levy on any goods they can touch (e.g they cant levy through a window or a door) inside or outside the property. Once they levy on goods the bailiff has a legal control of the goods.

RAS

CIS wrote: »

That can't be done . they need to have either obtained a Liability Order (the normal route of council tax recovery) or a CCJ (possible, but rarely done). Either was she would have been summonsed to court and notified again before a bailiff is used.

Your not being given the full story.

CIS works in CT Recovery I think.

In practice most peopel coming are warned the Council are goign for a liability order but do not understand what that means. Very few ever seem to know that a bailiff will be sent if the LO is not paid (and no notice of the LO is sent out).

CIS

CIS works in CT Recovery I think.

I do.

Very few ever seem to know that a bailiff will be sent if the LO is not paid (and no notice of the LO is sent out).

They don't receive notice of the LO per se but before a Liability Order can be passed to a bailiff the tax payer has to have been given a 14 day notice of bailiff action (usually included with the regulation 36 notice , a 'request for information form'). The problem is that people tend not to read the paperwork they are sent.

cozzierep

RAS wrote: »

They cannot touch your cars.

A levy is a piece of paper on which the bailiff writes a list of good they have secured against the debtor (it is illegal to sell these goods as the bailiff now owns them).

They can only levy against goods owned by the debtor, so you car is safe.

yeah they wrote both my car reg's on the paper that they posted thru the door, lol, £7000 worth of cars for a £370 debt.... hahaha

cozzierep

CIS wrote: »

That can't be done . they need to have either obtained a Liability Order (the normal route of council tax recovery) or a CCJ (possible, but rarely done). Either was she would have been summonsed to court and notified again before a bailiff is used.

Your not being given the full story.

she DEFO has not recieved any paper work about going to court ect or she wouldve gone, she wouldnt go for the rent arrears and then ignore the 1 about the council tax,

but that dosnt matter now as it has happened she just wants to know what to do about the bailiff, people have said just ignore them but they aint gonna go away are they?

thanks

cozzierep

CIS wrote: »

They don't have to be in the property, effectively they can levy on any goods they can touch (e.g they cant levy through a window or a door) inside or outside the property. Once they levy on goods the bailiff has a legal control of the goods.

sorry mate do you mean they CAN levy on goods they can see thru the window or CANT??

thanks

cozzierep

They don't receive notice of the LO per se but before a Liability Order can be passed to a bailiff the tax payer has to have been given a 14 day notice of bailiff action (usually included with the regulation 36 notice , a 'request for information form'). The problem is that people tend not to read the paperwork they are sent.[/QUOTE]

she has phoned the council tax office again today and asked what their procedure was, does it have to go to court or straight to bailiffs and they told her they send them straight to the bailiff, that is what the person she spoke to said anyway,

cozzierep

we really appreciate your time tho peeps, much appreciated, sorry if sound a bit dumb just nothing like this has happened to either of us before, lol,

RAS

cozzierep wrote: »

yeah they wrote both my car reg's on the paper that they posted thru the door, lol, £7000 worth of cars for a £370 debt.... hahaha

Ok

So they have done a levy and think they can charge for this. They also think they have her over a barrel so to speak.

YOU need to write to them and advise the that you are the owner of the cars and the levy is invalid.

Do pm hallowitch if you can.