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title: "Release of a Bank-Account Seizure and Recovery of Deducted Amounts"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/enforcement-services-en/release-of-a-bank-account-seizure-and-recovery-of-deducted-amounts-en"
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description: "Releasing a bank-account seizure, postponement, termination and recovery of deducted funds — audit and representation. Legal.ge."
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# Release of a Bank-Account Seizure and Recovery of Deducted Amounts

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/enforcement-services-en/release-of-a-bank-account-seizure-and-recovery-of-deducted-amounts-en

A seizure on a bank account is the form of a seizure on a claim: the National Bureau of Enforcement issues an order on the creditor’s application, hands it to the bank, and from then on you cannot dispose of the funds in the account, while the bank must pay the amount to the creditor. If the seizure is unfounded, the amount was deducted by mistake, or enforcement should terminate altogether, precisely defined legal steps are needed — and that is the route we run for you on Legal.ge.

## How a Seizure on an Account Works

The order states the basis of the creditor’s claim, the claims to be performed and the assigned person. It takes effect upon handover to the bank and operates within the framework of the creditor’s claim; afterwards you may no longer dispose of the claims. An important detail: the order remains in force even if it was wrongly issued, until it is annulled and the annulment reaches the bank — so it is never removed by oral negotiation alone. Note also that an order concerning salary or similar regular income extends to amounts becoming payable after the seizure was imposed. Within two weeks of receiving the order the bank must declare in writing to the enforcement officer and the creditor whether it acknowledges the claim and is ready to pay, whether other persons are raising claims, and whether the claim has already been seized.

## Multiple Seizures and the Order of Payment

Where several seizures are imposed on the same claim, the creditors’ claims are satisfied in the order in which the seizure orders were handed to the bank; where applications are submitted simultaneously — proportionally to the claims. Payment is made through the National Bureau of Enforcement, which distributes the withdrawn amount under the established procedure. The creditor may also waive the claims obtained through the order — one of the routes to having the seizure removed.

## Legal Routes to Releasing the Seizure

The first route is termination of enforcement: it terminates if the creditor renounces enforcement, the creditor and the debtor settle, the decision is annulled, or another statutory ground exists. Upon termination every measure taken for enforcement becomes void — the seizure of the account must be lifted as well. In a monetary case the proceedings terminate when 10 years have passed since their commencement, except for the statutory exceptions; for an administrative fine — when 5 years have passed. The second route is annulment of the order as wrongly issued — in which case it is essential that the annulment be officially delivered to the bank, otherwise the order remains in force.

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### The bank blocked my account — on what basis?

Most likely a seizure on a claim: the Bureau’s order is handed to the bank, which then distributes amounts for the creditor’s benefit.

### How do I get the seizure released?

Payment, a settlement or the creditor’s renunciation leads to termination of enforcement; the order may also be annulled, with the annulment officially delivered to the bank.

### How long does a seizure on a salary operate?

An order on regular income extends to amounts becoming payable after the seizure was imposed.

### Can a deducted amount be recovered?

After all claims are covered, the remainder is returned to the debtor or seized for another creditor. We verify the distribution and claim the surplus.

### For how long can a measure be postponed?

The Bureau postpones a measure for up to 6 months, extendable once by up to 6 further months; the court may suspend it for up to 3 months.