This presentation is meant to give our clients an overall view upon the debt collection procedure in Estonia. Our team of Estonian lawyers can provide you with legal assistance through the entire process of debt collection in this country. For more details about this legal matter, please contact our law firm in Estonia at: http://www.lawyersestonia.com/

1. DEBT COLLECTION IN ESTONIA
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The Debt Collection
Procedure in Estonia
• The most popular way
of collecting debt in Estonia is
by filling motions in the Estonian
Courts.
• Usually, the process of debt
collection in Estonia is divided
into two stages: the pre-trial
proceedings and the legal
phase.

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The Pre-Trial Proceedings
in Estonia >>
• Pre-trial proceedings represent the
first step for recovering a debt in
Estonia.
• These consist in verification of the
debt, gathering information on
the debtor’s financial situation with
the Trade Register and tracking his
address and phone number.

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>> The Pre-Trial
Proceedings in Estonia
• After these proceedings, the
debtor will receive notifications
about his debt.
• In case the debtor will not
answer to any of the notifications,
a letter to the Trade Register will
be sent and the debtor will be
taken to court in order to recover
the debt.

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The Legal Phase in
Estonia >>
• A lawsuit’s statute of limitation in
debt collection expires after three
years.
• The Estonian judicial system is
composed of three instances, the
highest of them all being the
Supreme Court.

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>> The Legal Phase
in Estonia
• To be represented in the
Supreme Court, a debtor will
need a lawyer and will also be
required to pay a state tax.
• Our attorneys in Estonia can
provide you with this kind of
services and legal assistance
throughout the entire process.

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Filling Actions in Courts
in Estonia >>
• If the debtor and the bailiff give their
consent, the court can judge the
matter without hearing it first in
court.
• In this case the court will decide
upon a term for the participants to
gather and submit petitions and
documents for making the
judgment public.

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>> Filling Actions in
Courts in Estonia
• If the legal process was
conducted outside Estonia by a
competent court, the Estonian
court will accept the ruling
provided by the foreign court
within a reasonable period of
time.

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Another Debt
Collection Possibility in
Estonia
• Another debt collection method in
Estonia is the court’s expedited
procedure in matters of payment
orders.
• A claim directed at the payment of a
certain amount of money will be judged
by the court.
• However, these procedures must be
applied to claims with amounts of over 6
400 euros.

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The Bankruptcy
Procedure in Estonia
• In case of bankruptcy, an analysis of
the debtor’s responsibilities and
assets will be made.
• The client has to pay a state fee and
a deposit to cover temporarily the
trustee salaries before filing the
bankruptcy petition.
• The bankruptcy procedure in
Estonia will usually take between 2
and 3 years.

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Legal Assistance in
Estonia
• When dealing with debt recovery in
Estonia, it is recommended to use
the help of a law firm, which can
provide you with legal advice on the
matter.
• For assistance with the issues
related to debt
collection procedures in Estonia,
you may contact our Estonian
lawyers.

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