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Bailiff help

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  • adi_clarke85
    adi_clarke85 Posts: 82 Forumite
    Debt has been settled since Nov 2011 yet the bailiff is now trying to chase me for a call out charge I shouldn't have to pay seeing as there was no need for a call out.

    The councils stance on it is there is no debt. The balance on my old CT account is £0.

    Are you saying that even with a £0 balance I may still have to pay the bailiff?

    Then the council should tell the bailiff that and the bailiff company should accept that - I've worked alongside 8 bailiff companies and this has always been the case with them all - I.e. thy nomally take their liens instructions. It seems strange though that it was passed to them in November and they have only visited now.
    I work in Council Tax recovery, any views are purely my own based on the information supplied.
  • HappyMJ wrote: »
    There is no council tax to recover. It's all been paid. It's up to the bailiffs now to try and get their fees.

    If the bailiff visit prompts the payment direct to the council, which it does in quite a few cases, then that fee is legally due. The op needs to contact the council concerned and clarify this. The bailiff doesn't need to get a ccj as you suggested previously.
    I work in Council Tax recovery, any views are purely my own based on the information supplied.
  • Cherry_Bomb
    Cherry_Bomb Posts: 605 Forumite
    edited 24 May 2012 at 10:13PM
    Then the council should tell the bailiff that and the bailiff company should accept that
    The council have told the bailiff company and the do accept it. They were told today when I rang the council to query all of this. It's the call out charge I'm questioning seeing as it was a mistake. I did say this in my OP
    It seems strange though that it was passed to them in November and they have only visited now.

    It wasn't passed to them in November. The council for whatever reason didn't pass on the info hence why they've only turned up today.
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    If the bailiff visit prompts the payment direct to the council, which it does in quite a few cases, then that fee is legally due. The op needs to contact the council concerned and clarify this. The bailiff doesn't need to get a ccj as you suggested previously.
    Legally due? What are the consequences of not paying the bailiff's fees? Nothing. The council can take action to recover council tax by appointing bailiffs and should not be accepting any payments whilst the account is with the bailiff. I have outstanding council tax charges and every time the debt returns to the council the bailiff charges are written off as uncollectable. They could if they wanted to go to court and get a CCJ but that would be unproductive as the only fees collectable are the first visit fee £24.50 and the second visit fee of £18.00. They will take such small amounts to court for enforcement.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
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