C-25 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 554 Disposition versions

1995-10-01

554. Judgments containing a condemnation cannot be executed except by a bailiff, sheriff or a sheriff’s officer in virtue of a writ in the name of the Sovereign.

Unless specifically otherwise provided, any sheriff or bailiff may execute a writ anywhere in Québec.

The taxable costs of execution are the costs chargeable by a bailiff pursuant to the regulation made under section 13 of the Court Bailiffs Act (chapter H-4.1).

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 554; 1966, c. 21, s. 10; 1979, c. 37, s. 30; 1982, c. 32, s. 48; 1989, c. 6, s. 3; 1989, c. 57, s. 37; 1995, c. 41, s. 19.

1990-02-14

554. Judgments containing a condemnation cannot be executed except by a bailiff, sheriff or a sheriff’s officer in virtue of a writ in the name of the Sovereign.

Unless specifically otherwise provided, any sheriff or bailiff may execute a writ anywhere in Québec.

The costs of execution that may be taxed are equal to the fees and travelling expenses that may be claimed by a bailiff pursuant to the regulation made under the Bailiffs Act (chapter H-4).

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 554; 1966, c. 21, s. 10; 1979, c. 37, s. 30; 1982, c. 32, s. 48; 1989, c. 6, s. 3; 1989, c. 57, s. 37.

1989-04-06

554. Judgments containing a condemnation cannot be executed except by a bailiff, sheriff or a sheriff’s officer in virtue of a writ in the name of the Sovereign.

Unless specifically otherwise provided, any sheriff or bailiff may execute a writ anywhere in Québec.

The costs of execution are taxed on the basis of the distance actually travelled by the officer executing the writ. However, the costs of execution are not taxed for a distance of over 30 kilometres round trip if another sheriff or bailiff has his place of business within 15 kilometres from the place where the writ of judgment is executed.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 554; 1966, c. 21, s. 10; 1979, c. 37, s. 30; 1982, c. 32, s. 48; 1989, c. 6, s. 3.

1982-07-23

554. Judgments containing a condemnation cannot be executed except by a bailiff, sheriff or a sheriff’s officer in virtue of a writ in the name of the Sovereign.

Unless specifically otherwise provided, any sheriff or bailiff may execute a writ anywhere in Québec.

If the officer making the service has travelled not over thirty kilometres round trip, the costs are taxed according to the distance actually travelled. However, if the distance exceeds thirty kilometres, the costs of service are not taxed at a greater amount than if the service had been made by the nearest sheriff or bailiff.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 554; 1966, c. 21, s. 10; 1979, c. 37, s. 30; 1982, c. 32, s. 48.

1979-06-22

554. Judgments containing a condemnation cannot be executed except by a bailiff, sheriff or a sheriff’s officer in virtue of a writ in the name of the Sovereign.

Unless specifically otherwise provided, any sheriff or bailiff may execute a writ anywhere in Québec.

However, the costs of execution are not taxed at a greater amount than if the execution had been made by the sheriff of the district or, as the case may be, by the bailiff nearest to the place of execution, unless they do not exceed those which would have been taxed had the bailiff travelled fifteen kilometres.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 554; 1966, c. 21, s. 10; 1979, c. 37, s. 30.

1977-12-31

554. Judgments containing a condemnation cannot be executed except by a bailiff, sheriff or a sheriff’s officer in virtue of a writ in the name of the Sovereign.

Unless specifically otherwise provided, any sheriff or bailiff may execute a writ anywhere in Québec. In no case, however, may greater costs be taxed than if the execution had been made by the sheriff of the district or by the bailiff nearest to the place of execution, as the case may be.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 554; 1966, c. 21, s. 10.