Make and serve a statutory demand, or challenge one
Statutory demand forms
Choose the form you need, fill it in and deliver (鈥榮erve鈥�) it to the individual or company that owes you money.
You do not need to send a separate letter.
Serve a demand on an individual (including partners in a partnership)
Which form you need depends on whether you鈥檙e collecting a debt that鈥檚:
- payable now
- payable now following a judgment or court order
- payable in the future, if you think they will not be able to pay the debt when they need to
If you鈥檙e serving a demand on a business partnership, you need to download and fill in a form for each partner.
Serve a demand on a limited company
Use statutory demand form SD 1.
If you鈥檙e in Scotland
You must use a different form to make a statutory demand .