I am looking for some advice and information regarding citizenship and council tax arrears which already been subject to a summary warrant (Scottish law)
I'm a British citizen and my wife will be applying for BC very soon after living in the UK since 2006, however I have just found out that I have a summary warrant from an old council tax bill from 2009.
After trolling through every council tax demand letter since 2008 I found out it's in my name only.
Since December 2010 I got my wife's name put on the council tax bills for the purpose of applying for credit and proof of address.
Now i received a reminder of the old outstanding council tax bill which says "at summary warrant" and the letter was in both our names.
After researching this - I found out some interesting information below regarding summary warrants..
"This information shouldn't appear on your credit file. With a Summary Warrant for Council Tax the Local Authority takes a large bound file to the Sheriff Clerk with details of all the Council Tax accounts that the Council wants to pursue. The Sheriff signs a covering letter which allows the 10% surcharge and lets the Council do "dilligence" on the debt. There is no individual record held by the court."
If this is true then I will not need to include any information on the citizenship form? Or would it be best to play safe and explain the summary warrant was in my name only and only recently my wife's name was added?
I am aware of section 7.9 http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary
I would appreciate your help with this matter and thank you for information and advice given.
Kind Regards
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