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Skip to main content GOV.UK uses cookies to make the site simpler. Find out more about cookies GOV.UK Search Search Search 1. Home 2. Money and tax 3. Court claims, debt and bankruptcy Make and serve a statutory demand, or challenge one 1. When you can make a statutory demand 2. Statutory demand forms 3. How to serve a statutory demand 4. Challenge a statutory demand 5. Contact the Insolvency Service 1. When you can make a statutory demand You can make a statutory demand to ask for payment of a debt from an individual or company. Anyone who’s owed money (the ‘creditor’) can make a statutory demand. You don’t need a lawyer. If the debt’s over 6 years old, you can’t usually make a statutory demand. You can get legal advice instead. There may be faster ways of getting smaller debts paid than making a statutory demand. When the individual or company that owes you money (the ‘debtor’) receives a statutory demand, they have 21 days to either: pay the debt reach an agreement to pay You can apply to bankrupt your debtor or close (‘wind up’) their company if they don’t respond to the statutory demand within 21 days. Next Statutory demand forms Print entire guide Court claims, debt and bankruptcy Applying to become bankrupt County court judgments for debt Apply to bankrupt someone who owes you money Make a court claim for money Make a money claim online Options for paying off your debts More in Court claims, debt and bankruptcy Help us improve GOV.UK Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. What you were doing Send What went wrong Services and information Benefits Births, deaths, marriages and care Business and self-employed Childcare and parenting Citizenship and living in the UK Crime, justice and the law Disabled people Driving and transport Education and learning Employing people Environment and countryside Housing and local services Money and tax Passports, travel and living abroad Visas and immigration Working, jobs and pensions Departments and policy How government works Departments Worldwide Policies Publications Announcements Support links Help Cookies Contact Terms and conditions Rhestr o Wasanaethau Cymraeg Built by the Government Digital Service Open Government Licence All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated © Crown copyright