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Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.

• When you can make a statutory demand

  You can make a statutory demand to ask for payment of a debt from an…

• Statutory demand forms

  Choose the form you need, fill it in and deliver (‘serve’) it to the…

• How to serve a statutory demand

  You must deliver (‘serve’) the statutory demand form by: giving it to the…

• Challenge a statutory demand

  If you do not agree with a statutory demand you’ve been given, you can…

• Contact the Insolvency Service

  Contact the Insolvency Enquiry Line for information about delivering and…

A statutory demand is a formal written demand for payment of a debt within 21 days.

• Updated: 26 September 2024

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• Updated: 31 March 2025

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• Updated: 1 January 2011

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• Updated: 27 October 2021

Find out what unacceptable or unreasonable actions are and how we approach them.

• Updated: 8 December 2020

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• Updated: 13 January 2026

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• Updated: 16 June 2022