If you are unsure whether you have
any sheriff court decrees or whether the decrees are on the register, you can make a search against your name and address.
Sheriff court decrees will automatically be registered and are kept on record for a period of six years.
Credit reference agencies hold information about your credit agreements (including any arrears), rent agreements,
sheriff court decrees and electoral roll information.
Almost
all sheriff court decrees are recorded on the Scottish Register and kept on the register for six years.
Credit repair companies may charge you a fee and often send you an information pack telling you how to get your copy of your credit report and clear
sheriff court decrees.
Not exact matches
But when the law
decreed that Terri Schiavo was to be given no food or water, it meant no food or water.That's what the
court, the
sheriff's deputies, the whole clanking machinery of the law was there for — to see that the severe
decree was carried out.
Old suppliers may make a claim through the
sheriff court to get a
decree against you.