---
title: "Contracting Private Enforcement Agent & Initiating Proceedings"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/enforcement-services-en/contracting-private-enforcement-agent-and-initiating-proceedings-en-3074"
field: "Enforcement Services"
description: "Opening enforcement proceedings in the National Enforcement Bureau: application, writ of execution, participants. Find a lawyer on Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Contracting Private Enforcement Agent & Initiating Proceedings

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/enforcement-services-en/contracting-private-enforcement-agent-and-initiating-proceedings-en-3074

## 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.

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### Does a private bailiff exist?

No — the exclusive organ of compulsory enforcement is the National Enforcement Bureau; the institution of a contract with a private bailiff no longer operates.

### How do proceedings begin?

With the creditor’s written application and the writ of execution; in specific cases another basis provided by Article 25 applies.

### Who are the parties to the proceedings?

The creditor and the debtor; in addition, the enforcement officer and other persons involved in the process participate (Article 15).

### What is the lawyer’s role at the opening stage?

An audit of the documents, flawless preparation of the application and steering communication with the Bureau — this reduces the risk of delay due to defects.