Debt collection in the Netherlands runs in two stages. The amicable stage is everything a creditor does outside court: reminders, a formal notice of default, statutory interest and, against a consumer, a compulsory fourteen-day letter before any collection costs may be charged. The judicial stage starts with a writ of summons served by a bailiff and ends, if the claim succeeds, in a judgment that the bailiff can enforce against wages, bank accounts and assets. A step skipped in the first stage, such as a defective fourteen-day letter, usually costs you money in the second.
O afea e avea ai se pili e le'i totogiina ma se tagi e mafai ona e fa'amalosia?
E mafai ona fa'amalosia se pili ua tuai le taimi e totogi ai pe afai ua le totogia e le tagata aitalafu (verzuim). Se'ia o'o i lena taimi, e leai se tului fa'aletulafono po'o se tau o le aoina o tupe e fa'aauauina.
E masani ona tula'i mai le lē totogiina o aitalafu pe a uma ona faia se fa'aaliga tusitusia o le lē totogiina o aitalafu (ingebrekestelling) i lalo o le mataupu 6:82 o le Tulafono Fa'a-Holani, lea e tu'uina atu ai i le tagata aitalafu se vaitaimi talafeagai e totogi ai. I nisi tulaga, o lo'o lisiina i le mataupu 6:83 o le Tulafono Fa'a-Holani, e tula'i mai le lē totogiina o aitalafu e aunoa ma se fa'aaliga. O le tulaga lea pe a malilie vaega i se aso fa'atulagaina o le totogiina ua mavae, pe a tula'i mai le noataga mai se gaioiga sese, pe a fa'amanino mai e le tagata aitalafu e le totogia.
O le taimi lava e lē totogia ai e le tagata aitalafu, o le a fa'atinoina le tului fa'aletulafono e tusa ai ma le tulafono. Mo fefa'ataua'iga a tagata fa'atau, o le fua faatatau o le tului fa'aletulafono masani lea o le mataupu 6:119 o le Tulafono Fa'alemalo. Mo fefa'ataua'iga fa'apisinisi i le va o pisinisi, po'o le va o se pisinisi ma se pulega a le malo, e fa'aoga ai le tului fa'apisinisi maualuga o le mataupu 6:119a. O fua faatatau uma e lua e fa'atulaga e ala i se poloaiga i le fono ma e suia i lea taimi ma lea taimi. Ave le pasene talafeagai mai fuainumera lolomiina a le malo mo vaitaimi ta'itasi, ae le o se pili tuai.
O le fea vaitaimi e totogi ai e fa'aoga?
I le va o pisinisi, pe a leai se maliliega e faia, e tatau ona totogi i totonu o le tolusefulu aso talu ona maua le pili. E mafai ona malilie i se vaitaimi umi atu, ae le o se vaitaimi e le faatapulaaina. E le mafai e se kamupani tele ona faamalosia se vaitaimi totogi e sili atu i le tolusefulu aso i se kamupani faatau oloa laiti pe feololo. O se fuaiupu e sili atu nai lo le mea e faatagaina e le tulafono e le aoga. Ona faaaoga lea o le vaitaimi faaletulafono e sui ai, ma o le aia tatau faapisinisi e amata mai le aso e muta ai.
Aiseā e masani ai ona sese le tusi e sefulufa aso?
E fa'asaga i se tagata fa'atau, e na'o le mae'a ona auina atu e le tagata aitalafu se fa'amanatu tusitusia fa'apitoa i lalo o le mataupu 6:96 palakalafa 6 o le Tulafono Fa'asivile e mafai ona totogi ai tau o le aoina o aitalafu e le fa'amasinoina. E tele tusi e sese le fa'aupuga, ona leai lea o ni tau o le aoina o aitalafu e tatau ona totogi.
E tatau i le tusi ona tuʻuina atu i le tagata faʻatau le itiiti ifo ma le sefulufa aso e totogi ai le aofaʻi autū e aunoa ma ni tau o le aoina, ma e tatau ona taʻu mai ai po o le a le tau pe a le faia se totogi. Ua faʻamaonia e le Faʻamasinoga Maualuga e amata aso e sefulufa i le aso talu ona taunuu le tusi i le tagata faʻatau (Hoge Raad 25 Novema 2016, ECLI:NL:HR:2016:2704). O se tusi e faitaulia aso e sefulufa mai lona lava aso, pe mai le aso na auina atu ai, o lea la e le tausisia ai.
O le iʻuga e lē o se lapataʻiga: e lē manuia le tagi mo tau o le aoina o aitalafu. E tusa ai ma le faʻamasinoga lava lea e tasi, e lē mafai ona toe faʻaleleia se tusi ua leaga e ala i le tuʻuina atu mulimuli ane o sina taimi faʻaopoopo; e tatau i le tagata aitalafu ona auina atu se tusi fou e usitaʻia. E suʻesuʻeina foʻi e faʻamasinoga lenei mea i la latou lava talosaga, tusa lava pe le laga e le tagata faʻatau le manatu.
O le aofaʻi o tau e faʻatulagaina e ala i se faʻatonuga i luga o se fua faʻasolosolo o pasene o le mataupu autu. E faʻaitiitia le pasene pe a faʻateleina le tagi, ma e iai se tulaga maualalo ma le maualuga faʻaletulafono. O lena fua e faʻamalosia mo tagata faʻatau. Mo tagata aitalafu pisinisi e mafai e vaega ona malilie i tuutuuga eseese i a latou tuutuuga lautele, o se tasi lea o nai fuaiupu aoga moni i se seti o tuutuuga masani.
O a tulafono e faʻaaoga i le vaega faʻalelei?
O le vaega filemu e fa'atonutonuina: e tatau ona resitalaina kamupani e tu'uina atu auaunaga aoina ma mulimuli i tulafono o le lelei. O le tele o tagi e foia pea i lenei vaega, ma o le mea lea e masani ona faia ai le fa'ai'uga tau pisinisi.
E amata le vaega i se faamanatu, ona agai atu lea i se talosaga aloaia (aanmaning) ma, afai e tali mai le tagata aitalafu, e masani ona iu i se faatulagaga mo le totogiina po o se totogi mo se vaega o le tagi. O le naunau e talia ni vaega faaopoopo e masani ona aumaia ai le sili atu nai lo le na o le finau i le aofaiga atoa ae leai se mea na maua.
Under the Debt Collection Services Quality Act (Wet kwaliteit incassodienstverlening), collection service providers must be entered in the register of debt collection services kept by Justis. Since 1 April 2025 it is prohibited to carry out or offer extrajudicial collection without that registration. Registered providers must meet requirements on professional competence, the accuracy of the information in their letters, the handling of complaints and the way they contact debtors. The Justice and Security Inspectorate (Inspectie Justitie en Veiligheid) supervises the collection market and can impose fines. According to the government business portal, from 1 October 2026 a debtor does not have to pay the collection costs or interest charged by an unregistered agency; the principal debt remains due.
O ai e iai o latou pule: o le ofisa e aoina ai tupe poʻo le leoleo?
E leai se pule a se ofisa e aoina ai tupe (incassobureau) e sili atu nai lo se isi lava tagata aitalafu. E mafai ona tusi, telefoni ma feutagai, ae e le mafai ona faoa se mea.
O se leoleo (gerechtsdeurwaarder) o se tagata ofisa o le malo ua tofia e ala i se poloaiga a le tupu. E na'o se leoleo e mafai ona tu'uina atu se tusi samani ma se fa'aopoopoga e totogi ai le fa'asalaga. O se leoleo e galue i le taimi o le filemu, a'o le'i faia se fa'ai'uga, o lo'o galue o se sui masani ma e leai se malosi fa'amalosi e sili atu nai lo se ofisa. E le suia lena mea e le pepa o le tusi.
O afea e muta ai le aoga o se talosaga, ma e faʻapefea ona e taofi le taimi?
O se talosaga mo le totogiina i lalo o se konekarate e masani ona taofia i le lima tausaga talu ona tatau ona totogi, i lalo o le mataupu 3:307 o le Tulafono Fa'asivile. O se talosaga tusitusia e taofi ai le uati ma amata ai se vaitaimi fou.
E masani ona faia'ina e le au aitalafu a latou tagi ona o ni vaitaimi fa'atapula'a e ono taofia e se tusi e tasi. O le vaitaimi e lima tausaga e amata mai le aso talu ona tatau ona totogi le tagi. E fa'aoga vaitaimi pupuu i ni mataupu fa'apitoa. I se fa'atauga a tagata fa'atau, o le tagi a le fa'atau mo le totogiina o le tau fa'atau e fa'atapula'aina pe a mavae le lua tausaga (mataupu 7:28 o le Tulafono Fa'a-Sivile). O tagi e mafua mai i se gaioiga sese e noatia i la latou lava faiga.
E mafai ona motusia le vaitaimi. I lalo o le mataupu 3:317 o le Tulafono Fa'asivile, o se talosaga tusitusia po'o se fa'aaliga tusitusia lea e taofia ai e le tagata aitalafu lana aia tatau i le fa'atinoina o galuega e fa'alavelaveina ai le fa'atapula'aina, ma amata ai se vaitaimi fou i le aso e soso'o ai. O le tu'uina atu o fa'amasinoga e fa'alavelaveina ai fo'i. O se fa'amatalaga faila i totonu e le fa'alavelaveina, e fa'apea fo'i ma se telefoni e le'i fa'amaoniaina i le tusitusiga, po'o se fa'amanatu e le fa'amaninoina ai o lo'o fai pea e le tagata aitalafu le totogi. O le tausia o se kopi ua uma ona tusia o talosaga uma o le ituaiga sili ona taugofie lea o inisiua fa'amasinoga e maua.
E mafai ona e fa'amaonia le tagi?
A'o le'i a'afia se tasi o nei mea, e tatau ona iai le tagi ma ia mafai ona fa'amaonia. E tatau ona fa'aalia i le faila mea na malilie i ai, na tu'uina atu oloa po'o auaunaga, na auina atu ma maua le pili, ma po'o a tuutuuga lautele e fa'aoga ma le taimi na fa'aavanoaina ai.
Afai e finauina se tagi i luga o le tulaga moni nai lo le gafatia e totogi, e masani lava o le tuʻuina atu ma tuutuuga e faia ai le faaiuga i le mataupu. O la matou faʻamatalaga i le uiga o se tagi i lalo o le tulafono a Holani o loʻo faʻamatala auiliili ai elemene.
E fa'apefea ona e fa'amautu le tagi a'o le'i faia le fa'amasinoga?
E mafai ona e talosaga i le faamasinoga mo se faatagaga e fa'atupe ai se fa'asalaga muamua (conservatoir beslag). O lenei mea e taofia ai aseta a'o le'i faia se faaiuga i le tagi, o lea e le mafai ai e le tagata aitalafu ona toe fa'agaoioia i le taimi nei.
E tele le taimi e alu ai faʻamasinoga, ma e ono taumafai se tagata aitalafu e iloa o loʻo i ai se tagi e faʻaliliu ana aseta. O loʻo ofoina mai e le tulafono a Holani se fofo e faigofie ona maua. I luga o se talosaga tusitusia, e mafai e le faʻamasino fesoasoani le tumau o le faʻamasinoga faʻaitumalo ona tuʻuina atu le faʻatagaga e faʻapipiʻi ai teugatupe i faletupe, aitalafu e tatau ona totogi i le tagata aitalafu e isi vaega, oloa feaveaʻi, sea poʻo meatotino e le mafai ona feaveaʻi.
E masani ona faia le faaiuga i le talosaga e aunoa ma le faalogoina o lē ua aitalafu, e masani lava i totonu o ni nai aso, o lea e faateia ai le faaopoopoina o le tagi. E tuuina atu le faatagaga i se iloiloga puupuu o le tagi. E faatulaga e le faamasino se vaitaimi, e masani lava e sefulufa aso, e tatau ona amata ai taualumaga autu. Afai e leai, e muta le faaopoopoina o le tagi.
A creditor who levies attachment and then loses the case is in principle liable for the damage caused, without the debtor having to prove fault. Read our article on mua'i fa'asalaga fa'apipi'i i le tulafono Dutch a'o le'i e filifili e fa'aaoga.
O fea faamasinoga e faamasinoina le tagi, ma o le a le mea e tupu iina?
O tagi tau tupe e oo atu i le 25,000 euro e alu i le faamasinoga a le itumalo (kantonrechter), lea e te le manaʻomia ai se loia. O tagi tetele e alu i le faamasinoga a le itumalo, lea e manaʻomia ai se loia.
E tusa lava po o le a le tau, e faʻalogoina foʻi e le faʻamasinoga faʻaitumalo mataupu e uiga i galuega, lisi, aitalafu a tagata faʻatau ma faʻatauga a tagata faʻatau. O isi mea uma e alu i le potu masani o le faʻamasinoga faʻaitumalo.
O le eseesega e iai sona aafiaga tuusa'o i le tau. I luma o le faamasinoga a le itumalo, e mafai e itu e lua ona faia a latou lava mataupu, ma e mafai ona fai ma sui o se kamupani lona lava faatonu po o se sui ua faatagaina. I luma o le faamasinoga a le itumalo, e tatau ona fai ma sui o se loia. O le tagi masani e faapea e tatau ona tusia se tusi valaaulia e se loia i taimi uma e sese, ma e faalotovaivai ai tagata aitalafu laiti mai le tulituliloaina o tagi e atoatoa lelei.
E fa'apefea ona fa'agasolo le fa'agasologa o mataupu?
E amata fa'agasologa i se tusi fa'amaonia (dagvaarding) e fa'amatala ai le tagi, mafua'aga ma fa'amaoniga, lea e tu'uina atu e se leoleo i le tagata aitalafu. Afai e le o'o mai le tagata aitalafu, e tu'uina atu e le fa'amasinoga le fa'ai'uga e le'i mae'a. E fa'atagaina le tagi se'i vagana ua foliga mai e le tusa ai ma le tulafono pe leai se fa'avae o le tagi. O le mafua'aga lea e tumau ai pea le tau o le aoina mai e le tagata aitalafu o se tusi e sefulufa aso le lelei e tusa lava pe leai se tasi e o'o mai.
Afai e tula'i mai le tagata aitalafu ma puipuia lana tagi, e masani lava ona i ai se fesuia'iga o fa'amatalaga tusitusia ona sosoo ai lea ma se iloiloga tu'ugutu. Ona tu'uina atu lea e le fa'amasinoga le fa'ai'uga (vonnis).
O le a le tau, ma e mafai ona e apili?
Ia manatua manatu e tolu e uiga i le tau ma le lamatiaga.
- E totogi muamua e itu e lua totogifuapauina o le faamasinoga. E faalagolago i le tau o le tagi ma le tulaga o le itu, ma e fa'avasegaina i tausaga ta'itasi. Ave le aofa'iga o lo'o iai nei mai le laulau lomia a le fa'amasinoga.
- E masani ona poloaina le itu e faiaina e totogi le tau o le loia a le tagata manumalo. Peitaʻi, o totogifuapauina a le loia i lea faasologa e fuafuaina i se fua faatatau mautu ma e seasea ona aofia ai le tau moni na faʻaaluina.
- Atonu e lē mafai ona apili se fa’ai’uga mo se tupe itiiti. O le Tulafono o Taualumaga Fa’alemalo ua fa’atulaga ai se tau maualalo e lē aofia ai le apili.
E masani ona fa'ailoa mai o se fa'ai'uga e mafai ona fa'amalosia fa'avaitaimi. E mafai loa ona fa'amalosia, tusa lava pe ua faia se apili. Afai e soloia mulimuli ane le fa'ai'uga, e tatau i le tagata aitalafu ona toe totogi le mea na ia aoina, ma e iai le lamatiaga o le a le mafai e le tagata aitalafu ona totogi ana aitalafu i le taimi nei.
O le ā e mafai ona fai e se leoleo e faʻatino ai se faʻasalaga?
A maeʻa ona faʻataunuʻuina le faʻamasinoga ma se talosaga mo le totogiina, e mafai e le leoleo ona faʻaopoopo totogi, paleni a le faletupe, oloa, meatotino ma sea. E puipuia e le tulafono se tupe maua maualalo ma oloa e manaʻomia e se tagata aitalafu mo le olaga i aso faisoo.
E mafai ona fa'amalosia se fa'ai'uga pe a uma ona tu'uina atu e le leoleo le kopi aloaia i le tagata aitalafu. O le tu'uina atu e le o se faiga fa'apitoa. O le taimi lea e fa'ailoa atu ai i le tagata aitalafu ma amata ai ona fa'atino ni vaitaimi pupuu fa'aletulafono. E masani ona tu'uina atu e le leoleo le fa'ai'uga fa'atasi ai ma se talosaga mo le totogiina, ma e mafai ona mulimuli mai pe a uma lena talosaga.
O a aseta e mafai ona fa'apipi'i i ai?
Ua iai i le leoleo se meafaigaluega faʻapitoa ua faʻamatalaina.
- O le pipii atu i se isi vaega (derdenbeslag) e aofia ai tupe o loʻo aitalafu ai se isi tagata i le tagata aitalafu. O faʻataʻitaʻiga masani o totogi o loʻo umia e se pule, o se faʻamanuiaga e totogi e se faʻalapotopotoga a le malo poʻo se paleni aitalafu i se faletupe. E tatau i le isi vaega ona faʻailoa mai mea o loʻo ia te ia ma totogi atu i le leoleo.
- O le fa'apipi'iina o oloa feavea'i e mafai ai ona faoa fa'atasi oloa a le pisinisi, masini po'o se ta'avale ma fa'atau atu i fa'atautu'i faitele.
- E mafai ona fa'apipi'i ma fa'atau atu meatotino tumau e ala i se notary.
- E mafai fo'i ona fa'apipi'i atu sea i se kamupani. I se pisinisi fa'aleaiga e masani ona sili atu ona aoga lenei mea nai lo le faoa faamalosi o se mea faaletino.
O a tapula'a i le fa'amalosia?
Against those powers, Dutch law sets real limits. A protected earnings threshold, the beslagvrije voet, guarantees the debtor a minimum income that cannot be attached. Since that regime was simplified, the bailiff calculates the threshold from data held in the national income and benefits records, instead of relying on information the debtor supplies. That removed a longstanding source of hardship.
E le mafai ona faoa faamalosi oloa e manaomia mo le olaga i aso taitasi, e pei o moega, lavalava, meaai ma meafaigaluega e manaomia e se tagata aitalafu e maua ai se tupe. E leai se faasalaga faafalepuipui ona o le le mafai ona totogi se aitalafu tau tupe. O le taofia faamalosi e iai i tulafono a Holani i tulaga faatapulaa ma e le o se auala lautele e aoina ai.
Afai e tele tagata aitalafu a le tagata aitalafu, e galulue fa'atasi leoleo e ala i se resitala tutotonu o fa'amaumauga, ma e tufatufa atu e le leoleo fa'amaopoopo mea ua aoina. O se tagata aitalafu e auai i se laina tuai i se totogi la'ititi e ono leai se mea e toe maua mo le tele o tausaga. O se mafua'aga lea e iloilo ai le mafai ona toe maua mai a'o le'i amataina fa'amasinoga, ae le o le mae'a ai ona manumalo. O se tagata aitalafu e talitonu o lo'o fa'atinoina le fa'amalosia e le tusa ai ma le tulafono e iai fo'i ana fofo, e pei ona fa'amatalaina i la matou tusiga e uiga i fofo fa'aletulafono e fa'asaga i le fa'amalosia o se fa'amasinoga.
E fa'apefea ona e aoina lafoga i tua atu o tuaoi i totonu o le EU?
E mafai ona faʻamalosia se faʻasalaga mai se tasi o atunuʻu o le EU i se isi atunuʻu e aunoa ma se faʻalauiloaga ese o le faʻamalosia. Mo le tagi lava ia, o faiga faʻa-Europa e masani ona faigofie nai lo se auala faʻaleatunuu.
E tāua lenei mea mo tagata aitalafu o loʻo i fafo atu o Netherlands ma mo tagata aitalafu Holani o loʻo i ai tagata aitalafu mai fafo. I lalo o le Brussels I bis Regulation, o se faʻamasinoga e tuʻuina atu i se tasi o atunuʻu auai e aloaia ma faʻamalosia i isi e aunoa ma se faiga faʻavaitaimi o le exequatur. E mafai ona tuʻuina atu saʻo se faʻamasinoga a Holani i se leoleo i se isi vaega o le Iuni, ma se faʻamasinoga mai fafo i se faʻamasinoga a Holani.
E lua faiga faigofie mo le tagi lava ia. O le poloaiga a Europa mo le totogiina o se faiga tusitusia mo tagi tau tupe i tuaoi e le finauina, lea e tuuina atu ai e le faamasinoga se poloaiga e faavae i luga o se faiga masani. Afai e tetee le tagata aitalafu, e faaauau pea le mataupu e pei o ni taualumaga masani. O le faiga o tagi laiti a Europa e taulimaina tagi i tuaoi e maualalo le tau e tele lava ina tusia ma e aunoa ma se sui faaletulafono faamalosia. E le gata i lea, o le poloaiga faasaoina o teugatupe a Europa e mafai ai e se tagata aitalafu ona taofia le teugatupe a se tagata aitalafu i se isi atunuu auai, i luga o tuutuuga e tutusa ma le faaopoopoga muamua o le faamasinoga a Holani.
Ae fa'apefea pe a leai se mea e totoe e aoina?
Bankruptcy and restructuring procedures usually leave an unsecured creditor with little. If a debtor has ceased to pay and there is more than one creditor, you can petition for its bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Act, but once bankruptcy is declared, the trustee takes over and individual enforcement stops. Our overview of le Tulafono o le Gaumativa ma ana taualumaga e fa'atulaga ai le auala e pulea ai le meatotino.
A business in difficulty may also propose a restructuring plan that the court confirms and that binds dissenting creditors; see our article on le fuafuaga toe fa'atulagaina o le WHOA. For an individual debtor, the statutory debt rescheduling scheme (Wsnp) leads to a halt on enforcement. A search of the trade register, the land registry and the register of attachments shows in an afternoon whether there is anything to recover.
O le ā e tatau ona e siakiina i le avea ai ma se tagata aitalafu?
- That the payment term and your general conditions were agreed in writing and actually provided before delivery, because conditions that were not provided can be annulled (Article 6:233 BW).
- That the debtor is in default, by a notice of default or because a fixed payment date has passed (Articles 6:82 and 6:83 BW).
- Against a consumer: that your fourteen-day letter gives fourteen days from the day after receipt and states the costs.
- That any collection agency you instruct is in the Justis register of debt collection services.
- The five-year limitation period, and that every interrupting demand is in writing (Articles 3:307 and 3:317 BW).
- Whether the debtor has assets, via the trade register and the land registry, before you start proceedings.
O le ā e tatau ona e siakiina i le avea ai ma se tagata aitalafu?
- Whether the claim is correct and whether the goods or services were actually delivered; dispute it in writing and with reasons.
- Whether you received a valid fourteen-day letter before collection costs were charged, if you are a consumer.
- Whether the collection agency is registered with Justis.
- Whether the claim is older than five years without a written interruption, and therefore time-barred.
- After an attachment of wages: whether the bailiff has applied the correct protected earnings threshold (beslagvrije voet).
What can we do for you with debt collection?
O lo tatou Loia Sili assist Dutch and foreign creditors, and debtors facing a claim. We can:
- review your file, contract and general conditions and assess whether the claim is provable and recoverable;
- draft a notice of default or a fourteen-day letter that meets Article 6:96 BW;
- apply to the interim relief judge for leave for prejudgment attachment;
- draft the writ of summons and conduct the proceedings before the subdistrict court or district court;
- instruct a bailiff to enforce the judgment, or choose a European procedure for a debtor abroad;
- defend you against an unfounded claim or unlawful enforcement.
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- E fa'agaoioia tau o tului ma le aoina o tupe pe a le mafai e le tagata aitalafu ona totogi ana aitalafu, e masani lava pe a uma ona faia se fa'aaliga tusitusia o le le mafai ona totogi (mataupu 6:82 ma le 6:83 o le Tulafono Fa'asivile).
- Mo se tagata faʻatau, o tau o le aoina e manaʻomia ai se tusi saʻo e sefulufa aso; e amata le vaitaimi i le aso talu ona maua (ECLI:NL:HR:2016:2704).
- Talu mai le aso 1 o Aperila 2025, e tatau ona resitalaina i latou o loʻo tuʻuina atu auaunaga e aoina ai lafoga i le Justis; e naʻo le leoleo lava ia e mafai ona tuʻuina atu se tusi samania ma se faʻaopoopoga o lafoga.
- O talosaga mo totogi fa'akonekarate e masani ona fa'atapula'aina pe a mavae le lima tausaga, ae o se talosaga tusitusia e fa'alavelaveina ai le vaitaimi (mataupu 3:307 ma le 3:317 o le Tulafono Fa'asivile).
- Siaki le mafai ona toe maua mai a'o le'i faia se moliaga, ma mafaufau i le fa'apipi'iina muamua o le aitalafu pe fa'agasologa fa'a-Europa pe afai o lo'o i fafo le tagata aitalafu po'o ana aseta.
Soo fesili
O le ā le umi e alu ai le faagasologa o le aoina o aitalafu?
With a cooperative debtor, the amicable phase can be completed within a few weeks. An undisputed court case, often decided in default, adds several months; a defended case can take more than a year from the first demand to judgment, and enforcement can take longer still.
O ai e totogia le tau o le aoina o aitalafu?
The debtor generally pays the extrajudicial collection costs, provided the creditor has followed the correct steps. Against a consumer, the costs are capped by a decreasing percentage of the principal with a minimum of €40, and they are only due after a compliant fourteen-day letter under Article 6:96 BW.
E mafai ona ou finauina se aitalafu i le taimi o le faagasologa o le aoina o aitalafu?
Yes, at any time. Do so in writing, as early as possible, and explain why: the amount is wrong, the delivery was defective or there is no debt. The creditor then has to prove the claim in court, and your written objections form the basis of your defence.
O le ā le eseesega i le va o se ofisa e aoina aitalafu ma se leoleo?
A collection agency (incassobureau) works only in the amicable phase and has no power to force payment. A bailiff (gerechtsdeurwaarder) is a public official who alone may serve a writ of summons and, after a judgment, attach wages, bank accounts and assets.