Stopping Jacobs Enforcement – Your Rights and Options

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Received a Notice from Jacobs Enforcements?

If you’ve recently received a notice from Jacobs Enforcements, outlining their intent to visit your property, and you’re uncertain about who they are and how to thwart their actions, you’re in the right place. At Bailiff Helpline, we’re here to provide you with information about Jacobs Bailiffs and guide you on stopping them in their tracks.

Jacobs Enforcement stands as a prominent debt recovery agency, previously recognized as Jacobs Bailiffs, boasting an impressive 57 years of industry expertise. Collaborating with Local Authorities throughout England and Wales, Jacobs specializes in the retrieval of Council Tax arrears, debts for private entities, and rent arrears.

Working in partnership with over 165 local authorities, Jacobs undertakes diverse responsibilities, encompassing debt collection, recovery, and specialized services like Warrants of Arrest.

Key services offered by Jacobs Enforcement include:

  1. Council Tax Debt Recovery: Jacobs prioritizes early compliance in the debt recovery process, employing tailored compliance models within a range of 13 to 40 days. Their approach includes pre-action checks, proactive telephone outreach, and follow-ups via SMS and email. Enforcement Agents, localized and pre-approved, take charge upon escalation to the Enforcement Stage.

  2. Parking Penalty Charge Notices: Managing Penalty Charge Notices on behalf of 203 Local Authorities.

  3. Collection of Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) and Business Improvement (BID) Levies.

  4. Corporate Debt Recovery: Encompassing Sundry Debts, Housing Benefit Overpayment, Former Tenant Arrears, and other Miscellaneous Debts.

  5. Warrants of Arrest: Offering extensive local taxation court services, executing both Bail and No Bail Arrest Warrants. Certified and specialized Enforcement Agents handle these cases.

  6. Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR): Jacobs retrieves and enforces Commercial Rent Arrears, conducting Forfeiture and facilitating the peaceful return of properties to Landlords.

  7. Tracing Tools: Utilizing specialist tracing procedures and dedicated partners to provide local authorities with comprehensive tracing services for all types of debt.

  8. High Court Enforcement: Delivering High Court Enforcement Agent Services to Local Taxation and Corporate Clients.

  9. Process Serving: Prompt and efficient process serving for all types of documents.

  10. Bankruptcy: Jacobs work with Horsefields Insolvency Practitioners to discuss all bankruptcy cases

  11. Welfare Advice Protocol: Working in tandem with free welfare advice agencies such as Citizens Advice Bureau.

How do I contact Jacobs Enforcement?

Company Name: Jacobs Enforcement Agents

Other Names: Jacobs, Jacobs Bailiffs

Address:
6 Europa Boulevard
Birkenhead
Merseyside
England
CH41 4PE

 Contact Number: 0345 601 2692

 Fax: 0151 650 4999

 Website: www.jacobsenforcement.com 

Email: mail@jacobsenforcement.com

 Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday – Sunday: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Can Jacobs Debt Recovery Send Bailiffs to My House? 

In certain cases, if court action has been initiated and debts persist, Jacobs Enforcement Bailiffs may be appointed by the courts to recover property and assets corresponding to the debt.

Can Jacobs Bailiffs Break into My House? 

Entering your property is rare and is only permissible if a Liability Order has been issued by a magistrate on behalf of the local authority. For businesses, an unpaid fine from a Magistrate, County Court, or High Court is necessary.

Reasonable Force: Enforcement agencies can enter a property if they have been inside before, using ‘reasonable force’ to re-enter between 6 am and 9 pm.

What Can Jacobs Bailiffs Take? 

Restrictions apply to items removable by bailiffs. Walking Possessions, governed by ‘Taking Control of Goods Regulations,’ can be taken, and a ‘Controlled Goods Agreement’ can be established for debt settlement. Certain essential items, such as bedding, refrigerators, medical equipment, and cookers, are exempt from seizure.