DMBM655880 - Enforcement action: distraint: carrying out a distraint: payment offered after you have completed the inventory

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  • accept payment (on account if necessary) and
  • take the distraint costs out of the payment first
  • tell the defaulter that the distraint will not be satisfied until any cheque has been met
  • calculate interest and walking possession daily rate (up to the date of the cheque if post-dated) up to a maximum of 5 days (£2.25) if necessary.

Remember that you should refer the matter to the auctioneer after five days if the distraint is not paid in full. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapprefore any offer of payment dated later than that date is not acceptable.