Attorney Dragana Djordjevic - Commercial courts

According to the provisions of the Law on Enforcement and Security Interest competence for conducting enforcement is divided between court and public enforcement officer.

Court has exclusive jurisdiction for the enforcement of joint sale of real estate and movable property, acts, omissions or sufferance and the enforcement of enforceable documents in connection with family relations and reinstatement of an employee.

Public enforcement officers has exclusive jurisdiction for the enforcement of other enforceable documents, writs of enforcement based on a credible document, writs on adopting the motion for counter-enforcement and writs on enforcement of writs on enforcement of the court-imposed penalties. Continue reading Competence for conducting enforcement →

Payment order shall be issued in special proceeding which is governed by the provisions of Articles from 455 to 466 of Civil Procedure Law.

Conditions for Issuing Payment Orders

When a civil claim is related to a pecuniary claim which is due, this claim shall be proven by a credible document enclosed with the complaint either as an original document or a certified transcript, the court shall issue an order to the respondent to settle the claim (payment order) on condition that it is accompanied by a proof on delivered request for payment due receivables.

The following shall be considered as credible documents:

public documents
private documents where the signature of the debtor is certified by a competent body
promissory notes and cheques with protest and return accounts if these are required for the foundation of the claim
extracts from business accounts
invoices
documents which are deemed as public documents pursuant to specific provisions Continue reading Issuing a payment order →