What is a bank account seizure?

Modified on Sat, 9 Aug at 11:19 AM

A bank account seizure means that your account has been seized by an enforcement authority (e.g. a bailiff, tax office, Social Insurance Institution) and prevents you from freely disposing of your funds. In the notification sent to us, the enforcement authority indicates the amounts of the debt that it has seized from your account. As a bank, we are obliged to add interest and fees due to the enforcement authority.


The account seizure notification may also have been sent to other banks where you have accounts. This means that your account at UniCredit and at other banks may be blocked.


Legal basis:


- court seizures, Articles 889-8934 of the Code of Civil Procedure


- administrative seizures, Articles 80-87 of the Act on Enforcement Proceedings in Administration.

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