3. Sheriff officer’s powers to enforce debts from other parts of the UK
Sheriff officers have the power to enforce a debt in Scotland from elsewhere in the UK, but only if the party has a document known as a ‘Certificate of Money Provisions’ from the court which issued the judgment.1 The certificate must then be sent to the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland for registration in the Register of Judgments. After registration, the party is provided with an official extract copy of the certificate bearing an execution which will enable the creditor to proceed using the services of a sheriff officer. Bailiffs from elsewhere in the UK have no power of enforcement in Scotland.
Creditors from elsewhere in the UK must go through a court process and instruct a sheriff officer to enforce the action.