Bad debt recovery consists of various collecting tools. They include tracing and monitoring services, pre-legal and legal actions and court proceedings. Pre-legal methods comprise different communication actions, such as friendly reminder letters, emails, phone calls, even voicemails and fax messages.
If the pre-legal actions are not successful, overdue payments agencies proceed to legal actions: usage of bailiffs, enforcement agents, debt collection solicitors and legal attorneys. Such agents are authorised to perform in-house visits, to seize debtor’s personal belongings and to send different letters of demand and letter before actions. They can also negotiate with the subject of debt in order to recover the full default amount at once or by providing convenient payment plan (weekly, monthly payments). Bailiffs, debt collection lawyers, etc. can also offer the consumer (debtor) to collect part of his property equal to the debt amount, and sell it at auction, as a method for debt settlement.
Bad default recovery can even extend to legal court process. At this point the debt collection process along with debtor’s profile and case is transferred to nation or local court. From this moment onwards the subject of debt is to be contacted only by court attorneys and legal representatives.