Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007

113 Report of sale

(1) Where attached land is sold in execution of a warrant for sale, the appointed person must, before the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the sale price is paid, lodge with the sheriff clerk for the court which granted the warrant a report of the sale.

(2) A report lodged under subsection (1) above must—

(a) be in (or as nearly as may be in) the form prescribed by Act of Sederunt; and

(b) contain—

(i) a description of the land (or part) sold and the sale price;

(ii) a description of any land which is unsold and the price at which it was last offered for sale (or, if offered for sale at auction, the reserve price);

(iii) a statement of the expenses incurred by the creditor in executing the land attachment;

(iv) a statement of the amount due under any security or diligence ranking on the proceeds of sale prior to, or pari passu with, the land attachment;

(v) a statement of the amount due under any security or diligence ranking on the proceeds of sale after the land attachment;

(vi) a note of the amount of any surplus of the sale proceeds payable to the debtor; and

(vii) a note of any balance of the debt due by the debtor to the creditor.

(3) If the appointed person—

(a) without reasonable excuse makes a report of sale after the expiry of the period mentioned in subsection (1) above; or

(b) wilfully refuses to make, or delays making, a report after the expiry of that period,

the sheriff may make an order providing that the appointed person is not entitled to payment from the creditor of the reasonable remuneration and outlays incurred in executing the warrant for sale or so much of such remuneration and outlays as the sheriff specifies.