The 6-month rule (6-måneders reglen)
Also known as six-month rule, blocking period, waiting period in the bailiff's court, 6-måneders reglen, spærretid, karensperiode i fogedretten
The 6-month rule means that the bailiff's court may refuse a new case against a debtor within six months of an unsuccessful attachment or a declaration of insolvency.
In practice
The rule exists to protect the debtor from being dragged into the bailiff’s court every month by the same creditor. For you, it means that the timing of an enforcement case is a decision, not a reflex.
If you go to the bailiff’s court at a point when the debtor happens to be empty, you do not just burn the court fee — you also burn six months in which you cannot come back.
That is the whole argument for monitoring: wait until there is something to go after, and then strike.
Where it commonly goes wrong
- Going to the bailiff’s court “just to try”. It is a shot that can miss — and then the door is closed for six months.