Goods exempt from an exceptional attachment order
Sheriff officers cannot take money from a client’s home (although they may take it from business premises).
1s11 DAA(S)A 2002 The exception is if the money is ’antique money’, such as that kept by a coin collector, which may be worth more than the value shown on the money itself.
Sheriff officers cannot exceptionally attach:
2Sch 2 DAA(S)A 2002•basic items needed for family life, including clothes, work tools, essential furniture, housekeeping equipment, children’s toys, bedding, household linen, floor coverings, lights or light fittings, home computers, radios, microwaves, TVs or telephones;
•rented or hire purchase/conditional sale goods which are still being paid off;
•if property belongs to other people (such as children, family members or a neighbour), proof must be shown. The owner can tell the sheriff officer that the item belongs to them and provide written evidence.
Schedule 2 to the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 has a full list of all the goods which are exempt from being attached under an exceptional attachment order.