CRAR Inventory of Goods for Single Owner

This CRAR Inventory of Goods for Single Owner can be used in connection with the Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery procedure that is effective from 6 April 2014.

About the CRAR procedure

CRAR replaces the old remedy of distress, which allowed landlords to seize and sell property belonging to a tenant who had rent arrears. The new regime is more limited in scope and sets out a prescribed enforcement procedure.

A temporary moratorium on exercising CRAR applied where the arrears in question were 'protected rent debts' under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022, but that moratorium ended on 23 September 2022 and no longer affects CRAR.

When an inventory must be provided

If an enforcement agent has entered the tenant's premises and taken control of goods, the enforcement agent must give the tenant an Inventory of those goods as soon as reasonably practicable.

If any of the goods are owned jointly by the tenant and another person, the enforcement agent must give the tenant separate inventories of goods owned by the debtor and each co-owner, as well as an inventory of any goods in the tenant's sole ownership. The enforcement agent must also give a copy of each inventory to the relevant joint owner, together with a copy of the Notice of Entering. If there are any jointly owned goods, see our CRAR Inventory of Goods for Joint Owners.

Completing this Inventory

Regulation 33 prescribes the inventory information and signature; it does not prescribe this layout as a statutory form. Complete the debtor, enforcement-agent, date and detailed-goods information required, and do not delete mandatory content.

• In paragraphs 1-3, details of the Property, Lease and Landlord need to be inserted.
• In paragraph 5, the amount of the debt must be stated.
• In paragraph 8, the enforcement agent must insert a list of the controlled goods, including a detailed description of each item to enable the goods to be identified.

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