After judgmentWhen the judgment has to turn into money
The bailiff’s court
A judgment is a piece of paper. The bailiff’s court is where it becomes an attachment on something that can be sold — and that decides whether you get paid.
The process
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6 steps from the invoice to the bailiff’s court. The highlighted one is where you are.
The concepts
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- Attachment (udlæg)An attachment is the bailiff's court's security in the debtor's assets — the right to have them sold at compulsory auction if the debt remains unpaid.An enforceable instrumentrequires
- Attachment of movables (udlæg i løsøre)Attachment of movables gives you security in the debtor's physical assets — vehicles, machinery, equipment — which can be sold at compulsory auction.Bilbogen or personbogenrecorded in
- Attachment of real property (udlæg i fast ejendom)Attachment of real property gives you security in the debtor's property, registered in the Danish land register — and a place in the queue when it is sold.Tingbogen (the land register)registered in
- Attachment of wages and receivables (udlæg i lønkrav og fordringer)Attachment can reach what the debtor is himself owed — wages, money due from his own customers, funds in his bank account.What the debtor is owedreaches
- Attachment proceedings (udlægsforretning)The attachment proceedings are the part of the bailiff's court hearing where the debtor's assets are actually attached.Attachment or no assets foundoutcome
- Compulsory auction (tvangsauktion)A compulsory auction is the forced sale of an attached asset — it is where the attachment turns into money.The attachmentrealises
- Declaration of insolvency (insolvenserklæring)A declaration of insolvency is the debtor's statement in the bailiff's court that he is unable to pay — given under penalty of law.Under penalty of lawgiven
- Enforcement hearing (fogedforretning)An enforcement hearing is the meeting in the bailiff's court itself, where the debtor has to disclose their finances, and where an attachment can be levied.An enforceable instrumentrequires
- Eviction proceedings (udsættelsesforretning)An eviction proceeding is the bailiff's court's enforced eviction of a tenant who does not pay — in everyday terms, an enforcement case about unpaid rent.Formal demand and terminationrequires
- Exemption for necessities (trangsbeneficiet)The exemption for necessities is the protection that keeps a debtor's essential possessions and a reasonable living allowance out of reach of attachment.The essential homeprotects
- Production by the police (politifremstilling)Politifremstilling means that the bailiff's court has the police bring in a debtor who fails to appear at the enforcement hearing.Non-appearanceused in cases of
- Summons to the bailiff's court (tilsigelse)The tilsigelse is the bailiff's court's summons calling the debtor to the enforcement hearing — and attendance is compulsory.Compulsory attendanceentails
- The 6-month rule (6-måneders reglen)The 6-month rule means that the bailiff's court may refuse a new case against a debtor within six months of an unsuccessful attachment or a declaration of insolvency.6 monthsduration
- The bailiff's court (fogedretten)The bailiff's court is the division of the district court that enforces claims — the place where a judgment turns into an attachment in the debtor's assets.An enforceable instrumentrequires
- The bailiff's court record (fogedbog)The record is the bailiff's court's account of what happened at the hearing — who attended, what the debtor stated, and what was attached.The course and outcome of the hearingcontains
- Unsuccessful attachment (forgæves udlæg)An unsuccessful attachment means that the bailiff's court found nothing to levy execution against — the debtor has no assets of value.Declaration of insolvencyfollowed by
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