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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

If someone owes you money, you can use this form (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.

If a limited company owes you money, you can use Form SD1 (a ‘statutory demand’) to demand payment within 21 days.

Examines data on the universe of project applications and funding under Tanzania’s Social Action Fund

• Updated: 1 January 2011

Form SD4: Statutory demand under section 268(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Debt for liquidated sum payable immediately following a judgment or order of the court.

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

• Updated: 8 December 2020

• Updated: 3 August 2017

What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors

• Updated: 3 May 2024