Debtors owe the courts over PLN 743 million

Courts have a problem with enforcing repayments from 162,000 persons entered in the National Debt Register of the Economic Information Bureau (KRD BIG). Due to unpaid fines, court costs forfeit of property benefits, or interest payments to the State Treasury, the total arrears at the end of July reach over PLN 743 million, informed Prawo.pl portal.

In 2017, a special ministerial platform was launched, which automated the process of entering debtors into economic information offices.

"Since then, the number of debtors reported by the courts has been steadily growing," Adam Łącki, president of the KRD BIG, said.

On average, one court debtor has almost PLN 4,600 to pay, but the total debt of all debtors is already over PLN 743 million. When it comes to voivodeships – according to the data from the KRD – the inhabitants of Mazovia are the leaders, with PLN 174 million of debt. The second position is occupied by the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Courts are waiting for the repayment of PLN 145 million from the inhabitants of this region. There is also a record holder among them. The 48-year-old from Wejherowo has arrears with the court for almost PLN 75.7 million.

The largest group of indebted people are young (26-35 years old) and middle-aged (36-45 years old) people. In each of these groups, the number reported by the judiciary to the register reaches nearly 48,000 people. However, their liabilities are not the highest and amount to PLN 165 million and PLN 184 million, respectively. These are the elderly in debt, aged 46-55, who have the most to pay off, almost 36 percent of the entire amount of arrears, i.e. almost PLN 265 million.

(prawo.pl)