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What Is a Certificate of Insolvency?

Author · Av. Ayşenur Konar, Avukat

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In short

A certificate of insolvency is the document, in enforcement proceedings, showing that no attachable asset was found or that the sale proceeds did not meet the claim. It does not wipe the debt. Provisional certification and the final certificate are not two names for the same paper. A fresh prospect of collection may not stay limited to the moment the certificate was drawn up. No period is added to this text. An asset declaration and a bankruptcy action are not the subject of this record.

The certificate records the difficulty of collection at that moment, not the absence of the claim. The file does not close of its own accord. A result of insolvency is not stated without the attachment minutes.

At which stage the certificate is issued

The creditor requests attachment, assets are searched for, and if there are any, sale and distribution proceed. If no asset appears, or the proceeds are not enough, the directorate may issue a certification. The certificate is not the first paper of the proceedings. It is the result of the search. If there are no minutes of the search, the certificate is not treated as having been drawn up by guesswork. If the UYAP summary and the original certificate conflict, the original paper is the basis. A summary line does not take the place of the directorate's stamp.

Provisional certification is a photograph, before the sale is complete, that no asset is visible at present. The final certificate is looked at after distribution. Who received what in the distribution is read from the table of ranking. Insolvency is the certificate of the remaining claim. Without the remaining line being written, a final certificate is not announced as if it had failed to meet the whole claim. A partial collection narrows the scope of the certificate. A certificate of insolvency is not requested for an item that has been paid in full.

Why the claim stays alive

A certificate of insolvency does not write that the claim has fallen. A salary, an inheritance or a land-registry entry that appears later can open a fresh debate about attachment. The period for that debate is looked at according to the type of certificate and the record in the file. This text does not bury that period. No period is added. Interest and costs are read together with the principal claim on the certificate. The certificate line does not stand in for the balance calculation. The remaining-claim line shows which item is still alive when a new asset appears. If there is no line, a new attachment is not treated as having rebuilt the whole file.

The debtor should not suppose that the certificate means they have come out clear. In credit, land-registry and third-party relations, the certificate is not a copy of other records entered on a register. A third party cannot assume the debt is over without seeing the certificate. The creditor also cannot treat the certificate as a waiver that closes the way to renewing the proceedings when a new asset is learned of. Learning is shown by a document that enters the file. A rumour that is not shown is not completed into a ground for a new attachment.

Neighbouring records

How an attachment is carried out sits under attachment. The debtor's notice sits under asset declaration. The distribution itself sits under the table of ranking. The door to bankruptcy against a merchant debtor sits under bankruptcy action, and the route against a transaction sits under the action to set a transaction aside. This record only separates the certification of the prospect of collection.

Which papers come side by side

The papers read are the original certificate of insolvency, the attachment minutes and the cover statement. Service separates, from the endorsement, whether the certificate reached the creditor or the debtor. If there is no endorsement, service is not assumed. The petition should state whether a provisional or a final certificate is requested. A petition that treats the two as the same result confuses the stage. The decision or the office writing should show from which claim the certificate was drawn up. The application should carry, with the minutes, whether an asset was found on attachment. The contract may show the source of the claim. The contract does not take the place of the certificate of insolvency. An invoice may show the debt item. An invoice does not prove that no asset was found. The register is read for a later land-registry entry or share. The register does not of itself leave the old certificate without effect. If there are no minutes, the sentence that there is no asset is not built.

Where the certificate of insolvency is read from

This article places the attachment minutes, the original certificate and the cover statement side by side. This article does not add a period to this text. This article does not treat the certificate of insolvency as a record that wipes the debt. The Çankaya office does not change the competent authority.

The office that issued the certificate is the authority to which the file is tied. An office in another district does not produce that office's certificate. The name provisional or final is not chosen before the original is seen.

Conclusion

A certificate of insolvency is the official photograph, at that moment, of the prospect of collection. It does not wipe the debt and it does not of itself open a bankruptcy action. An Ankara lawyer does not add a period to a certificate of insolvency. The framework sits on the enforcement and bankruptcy law page. The basis is the attachment and certification provisions of Enforcement and Bankruptcy Code No. 2004.

Legislation

Frequently asked questions

Does a certificate of insolvency wipe the debt?

No. The certificate shows that, at that stage, no attachable asset was found or that the proceeds were not enough. The claim may continue to exist in law. The sentence "I received the certificate, so the claim is over" is wrong. No period is added to this text.

Does an asset declaration stand in for a certificate of insolvency?

It does not. The declaration is the debtor's notice. The certificate of insolvency is the result of the search for assets to attach. The two papers should not be mixed up at the same counter.

Is a bankruptcy action compulsory with a certificate of insolvency?

It is not compulsory on every certificate. Bankruptcy looks at merchant status and a statutory ground. The certificate may be one basis on the list of grounds. It is not the whole petition.

What is the difference between a provisional and a final certificate of insolvency?

The statute separates provisional certification during the attachment from the final certificate after sale and distribution. Which result each produces is read from the stage of the file. This text adds no period.

Related reading

This article sits under one practice area. The neighbouring guides carry the detail that does not belong in this text.

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Author

Av. Ayşenur Konar

Lawyer on the Ankara Bar Association roll, founder of Konar Hukuk. This text is general information; a specific file is reviewed separately. Author profile · Editorial policy

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