The use of Bailiff

If your outstanding account has been passed to the Bailiff this means you will be visited at your home because:

• a Liability Order has been granted against you and;
• you have either not paid the debt in full or are not adhering to an agreed repayment plan made with the Council Tax team

Once a debt is passed to the bailiff company for collection, the council cannot enter into any further arrangement for payment of that debt.

Instead, the bailiff will administer the case and will collect payment or take and sell your goods to pay the council tax and their costs. The bailiff will contact you directly and charge extra costs, which are laid down by law.

If the bailiff cannot collect the debt the case is returned to the council for further enforcement action.

We currently use two bailiffs companies to collect the council tax and these are Rossendales and Bristow and Sutor.