Opening Enforcement Proceedings in the National Enforcement Bureau
In Georgia, the compulsory enforcement of enforceable decisions belongs by law to a single body: under Article 3 of the Law of Georgia on Enforcement Proceedings, compulsory enforcement is carried out by the National Enforcement Bureau — a public-law legal entity within the governance of the Ministry of Justice. The institution of private bailiffs no longer operates, and regardless of the amount of the claim, enforcement proceedings run under the Bureau's uniform procedure. This page describes the grounds for opening proceedings, the participants, and the lawyer's role at this stage.
For a creditor, this means that a sound enforcement strategy depends on knowing the Bureau's powers, the rules for opening proceedings, and the debtor's protective guarantees — errors such as submitting a defective writ of execution or requesting seizure of protected property delay the process for months.