Help with high court enforcement officer situation

m0bov

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OlliesDad wrote: »

Is this not just the script for every single episode of Cant Pay We'll take it away?

Well, you never know. We might see OP in next episode.

lincroft1710

m0bov wrote: »

Show them a letter from the council they are not registered to pay tax there.

This won't prove anything. The relative could be living there, but unless they own, lease or are named in a rental agreement for the property they have no liability for Council Tax, so would not show up in council records.

NoOne2

lincroft1710 wrote: »

This won't prove anything. The relative could be living there, but unless they own, lease or are named in a rental agreement for the property they have no liability for Council Tax, so would not show up in council records.

Correct and when someone moves away from the property, it wise to update your electoral roll information as they work on that.

Ectophile

OlliesDad wrote: »

Is this not just the script for every single episode of Cant Pay We'll take it away?

Or, for that matter "The Sheriffs are Coming" on the BBC.

When the enforcement officers turn up, it's standard practice for the person in the property to say "that doesn't belong to the debtor" whenever the officers find anything of value. They have learned to ignore that. If you can't prove who it really belongs to, they take it away.

What people don't seem to realise is that the enforcement officers have a warrant from a high court, signed by a judge, ordering them to seize property.

It's not like those annoying private debt collectors who won't go away, but don't really have any power at all.

steampowered

If the HCEO took goods that didn't belong to the debtor, can't you sue the HCEO to get them back by issuing a small claim?

You should really get on with that very quickly before the goods are sold. How long ago did this happen?

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

steampowered wrote: »

If the HCEO took goods that didn't belong to the debtor, can't you sue the HCEO to get them back by issuing a small claim?

You should really get on with that very quickly before the goods are sold. How long ago did this happen?

Read the OP again, he paid thr debt they didn't take anything.

NoOne2

steampowered wrote: »

If the HCEO took goods that didn't belong to the debtor, can't you sue the HCEO to get them back by issuing a small claim?

You should really get on with that very quickly before the goods are sold. How long ago did this happen?

Hong_Kong_Phooey. wrote: »

Read the OP again, he paid thr debt they didn't take anything.

They never took anything and even if they did or someone else paid, you can still file a claim, to the get items back, if they didn't belong to the debtor.

Hong_Kong_Phooey.

NoOne2 wrote: »

They never took anything and even if they did or someone else paid, you can still file a claim, to the get items back, if they didn't belong to the debtor.

It would need to be the debtor who files the claim.

Pollycat

Ectophile wrote: »

Or, for that matter "The Sheriffs are Coming" on the BBC.

When the enforcement officers turn up, it's standard practice for the person in the property to say "that doesn't belong to the debtor" whenever the officers find anything of value. They have learned to ignore that. If you can't prove who it really belongs to, they take it away.

What people don't seem to realise is that the enforcement officers have a warrant from a high court, signed by a judge, ordering them to seize property.

It's not like those annoying private debt collectors who won't go away, but don't really have any power at all.

The bit in bold. :T