County court forms

Have you received county court forms for a money claim? Do you need help with court fees, eviction, paying a judgment or forms to deal with insolvency?

Here's a library of common court forms and guidance notes to help you respond to the county court or respond to a statutory demand from creditors.

Please note that the PDF documents on this page may not be suitable for screenreaders.

If you need help writing to your creditors we also provide sample letters to print and send.

Getting forms from the court is usually a sign that you need to get debt advice

How deal with county court claims

The following guidance notes are published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service and are useful to understand more about how CCJs work:

N1C – How to reply to a claim form

EX20 – Paying your CCJ: what do I do?

EX326 – I cannot pay my judgment: what do I do?

Claim letters from the county court

If a creditor has started court action to collect a debt, you'll receive these forms. You'll need to deal with this straight away.

N1 – Claim form or N1SDT claim form

This form sets out the details of the claim against you.

N9A – Admission form (specified amount)

This form is for replying to the court if you agree you owe the money but need to make an offer to pay it in instalments.

N9B – Defence / counterclaim form (specified amount)

This form is for replying to the court when you don’t agree that you owe the amount the creditor is claiming.

Eviction and repossession

If a creditor has started court action to repossess your home or evict you from a rented property you’ll get these forms. Again, you need to get debt advice and deal with this as a matter of urgency.

N5 – Claim form for possession of property

This form will be sent to you if someone's trying to evict you from your property. A separate ‘particulars of claim’ form will explain the reason.

N11M – Defence form (mortgaged residential premises)

Use this form to give the court the information needed to make a decision at a repossession hearing.

N11R – Defence form (rented residential premises)

Use this form to give the court the information needed to make a decision at an eviction hearing.

Make a request to the court

The following forms are used after court action has started if you’re asking the court to make any changes, for example to stop further action or change the rate of payment.

N244 – Application notice

This form has several uses. It can be used to ask a court to cancel or ‘set aside’ a CCJ, to change the rate you pay to a suspended possession order, or to ask the court to stop action from High Court enforcement officers. Most applications have a fee, and this varies from £14 to £275 depending on what you’re asking the court to do.

N245 – Application for suspension of a warrant and/or variation of an instalment order

Use this form to ask for a change in the amount you pay to a CCJ, or to ask the court to stop bailiff action for a CCJ. There’s a fee of £14 to do this.

Get help with your court fees

Courts charge fees for most applications. The following forms and links explain how much you could be charged and whether you’re entitled to a reduction in fees.

You can now apply online for help with fees if you have a low income.

EX50 – Guidance notes for Civil and family court fees: High Court and County Court

These notes will help you understand what fees you'll need to pay.

EX160 – Apply for help with court fees if you can't use the online service

Administration order application form

If you want to apply for an administration order use the forms below. You should get debt advice before doing this, to make sure it's the right option for you.

N270 – Administration order guidance notes

These guidance notes will help you understand how to apply for an administration order.

N92 – Application for an administration order

Use this form if you want to apply for an administration order.

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