As Monday 27 January 2025 is Auckland Anniversary Day, the following court locations will be closed (including High Courts and National Office functions):
Kaitāia, Kaikohe, Whangārei, North Shore, Waitākere, Auckland, Manukau, Papakura, Pukekohe, Huntly, Hamilton, Morrinsville, Tokoroa, Te Awamutu, Te Kūiti, Thames, Waihi, Tauranga, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Rotorua, Taupō, Taumarunui, Ruatōria, Gisborne and Auckland Specialist Courts and Tribunals Centre (this includes the Northern Tribunals Unit, as well as the Auckland office for the Environment and Employment Courts). Any questions, call our Contact Centre.
If a civil debt remains unpaid, the creditor can apply for a warrant to seize property. This enables a bailiff to take property that belongs to you and sell it to pay the debt. If the court issues a warrant to seize:
Court bailiffs will have identification and the warrant document with them. Bailiffs have the legal right to enter your property and take items which they believe are yours.
If you don’t pay the total amount owing within five working days:
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