Civil sanctions
Civil sanctions can in:
- Issue a property seizure order
- This allows the Sheriff to enter your home or workplace and seize goods belonging to you to auction to pay the outstanding enforcement order.
- Issue a garnishee order to your employer or bank
- The garnishee order requires your employer or bank to deduct money from your wages or bank account to pay the outstanding enforcement order amount.
- Issue an examination summons
- We can issue you with a summons to attend court where an SDRO representative will examine your financial circumstances to determine any future action for you to pay the outstanding enforcement order amount.
- Place a charge on land
- The charge will prevent you from selling your property until you pay the outstanding enforcement order amount.
For each civil sanction imposed, an enforcement cost of $50 is added to the fine ($25 for juveniles).
If you receive a civil sanction your options are to:
If you still take no action we can issue a community service order requiring you to perform unpaid community work to the value of your outstanding enforcement order.
Last updated:
24-Jan-2012
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