Bailiffs Council tax & business rates, select the problem you want to solve:

Stop a council tax or Business Rates bailiff

• The bailiff is over-charging fees, - reclaim them
• Get the bailiffs off your back - Fast!
• The bailiff took advantage of a vulnerable household (see for list of grounds)
• The bailiff charged multiple fees for multiple debt simultaneously on a single visit
• The bailiff wheel-clamped you and charged a fee
• The bailiff wrote on a document that you paid "voluntarily"
• You are on a prescribed benefit and you got bailiffs
• You got bailiffs somewhat out of the blue
• A police officer assisted a bailiff by persuading you to open your door
• You are on a low income and you need someone to negotiate on your behalf
• The liability that is more than six years old
• The Council fobbed you off with "contact the bailiffs"
• The bailiff has levied a vehicle that's not yours
• Your vehicle is levied or clamped for someone else's liability
• You are students or sharers in a House of Multiple Occupancy
• The bailiff does not have a valid certificate
• Invalid Levy or "irregular distress" on your goods or vehicle - How to get redress
• Your vehicle has been sold for a song - How to get redress
• Your partner's goods or car has been seized
• The bailiff clamped a vehicle that is a Motability/Blue Badge/on finance/leased
• The bailiff jammed his boot into your door to stop you closing it
• Bailiffs called about a debt by a former occupant
• The bailiffs behaviour or conduct damaged your business reputation
• The bailiff levying on insignificant goods - e.g. A doormat - "doormat levies"
• You have been assaulted or injured by a bailiff - even if it was an accident

• Your problem is not listed here? - Ask in the bailiff's forums

Other useful information :

• Schedule of statutory bailiffs fees for council tax and business rates
• Bailiff powers & rights of entry
• The law
• Fact & fiction