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Why we have summonsed you
You have received a Magistrates Court Summons because you have not paid you Council Tax bill in accordance with your bill.
Please see why have I received a Reminder for more information.
If you do not contact us at Council Tax to discuss your account before the Hearing date shown on your summons we will ask the Magistrates for a Liability Order. This will grant us permission to recover the outstanding balance in other ways. There are more court costs for obtaining a Liability Order and these will be added to your account.
The Liability Order will grant us permission to collect money by:
- Making deductions from your Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance or from your wages.
- Asking our bailiffs to collect the money by removing and selling some of your possessions. You will also have to pay their fees.
- Commence insolvency proceedings through the County Court.
- Applying to the County Court for a charging order on your property that enables us to force its sale or repay your Council Tax out of the proceeds of any future sale.
See more information on further recovery action.
If you do not pay we can return to Court. The Court may decide to send you to prison, order you to pay, or in exceptional circumstances write off part or all of the debt.
Remember you can contact us at Council Tax at any stage in the proceedings to discuss payment of your account.
Please Remember: If you receive any notice from the City Council regarding the non-payment of your Council Tax, do not ignore it! Doing this may mean that further action will be taken with additional court costs being incurred.
For independent advice on debt problems contact Sheffield CAB Debtline on Freephone 0808 800 2237; 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
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