Luton Borough Council

Bailiff fees and regulations

From 6 April 2014 all bailiff action and the fees that can be charged are governed by the Tribunals Courts & Enforcement Act 2007 and Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014.

Fee	Amount chargeable as per law
Compliance	£75 Charged once the first compliance notice is sent and charged per case, eg if you have four cases you will be charged £300)
Enforcement	£235 Plus 7.5% of the difference if the debt is over £1,500, eg if the debt is £2,000 you will be charged £235 plus 7.5% of £500 = £272.50 This will be charged once a bailiff has to visit your property
Sale	£110 Plus 7.5% of the difference if the debt is over £1,500 This will only be charged at the point of removal and only once authorised by both the partners and our client

Compliance

The compliance stage fee of £75 is raised when the bailiff receives your case.

The compliance stage gives you with the opportunity to make contact with us to make full payment, or to discuss an arrangement. A bailiff will not visit your property during this stage.

We must issue you a Notice of Enforcement during this stage and allow at least seven clear days from the issue of the notice before we visit.

The compliance stage fee is charged on each case we receive for you, even if several cases are received at the same time.

If you can’t pay in full then please contact us to discuss your circumstances and see if we can accept an arrangement.

Enforcement

The enforcement stage fee of £235 plus 7.5% of the value of the original debt which exceeds £1,500. For example:

Debt referred	£500	£1,500	£1,600	£2,000
Fixed enforcement fee	£235	£235	£235	£235
7.5% variable fee	£0	£0	£8	£38
Total fee raised	£235	£235	£243	£273

These fees are raised upon the first visit to your premises by the bailiff.

Your case will have moved on to the enforcement stage either because you have failed to contact us within the specified timescale in the compliance stage, or because you have defaulted on any arrangements you have made with us.

Sale

The sale fee of £110 is raised when we have taken control of your goods and attend to arrange for those goods to be removed.

For larger balances and multiple cases please note an additional fee of 7.5% of the debt over £1,500 is charged on top of the £110. As the fees are prescribed under the above regulations, we are unable to reduce or cancel any charges raised. For example:

Debt referred	£500	£1,500	£1,600	£2,000
Fixed enforcement fee	£110	£110	£110	£110
7.5% variable fee	£0	£0	£7.50	£38
Total fee raised	£110	£110	£117.50	£148