Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

 Plain Language Law homepage
Back to
112A: Interpretation
or “This explains what important words mean in the rules about finding people who owe money.”
You could also call this:

“How to ask for a person's contact details when they owe you money from a court decision”

If you win a case at the Tenancy Tribunal and the other person doesn’t pay, you can ask the government for help to find that person. This is called applying for contact information.

You need to fill out a special form to ask for this help. You also need to pay a fee and give a copy of the Tribunal’s decision.

On the form, you need to tell the government:

  • The full name of the person who owes you money
  • The number of the Tribunal’s decision
  • The last address you know for that person
  • When you think they last lived at that address
  • Any other information that might help find them, like their birthday or other names they use
  • What you’ve already done to try to find them

If you have to pay extra money to make the person follow the Tribunal’s decision, you can usually get back the fee you paid for this form. But if the person can prove that their contact information was already public when you asked for help, you might not get the fee back.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

Next up: 112C: Application referred to specified agency

or “When the boss sends a request to find someone's contact details to help enforce a decision”
Next

Part 3 The Tenancy Tribunal
Contact information for enforcement purposes

112BApplication for contact information

  1. The judgment creditor named in a Tribunal order may apply to the chief executive for contact information about a judgment debtor named in the order to be made available to the court in which enforcement proceedings against the judgment debtor have been, or may be, commenced.

  2. The application must—

  3. be on a form approved for the purpose by the chief executive; and
    1. be accompanied by any prescribed fee; and
      1. have a copy of the relevant Tribunal order attached.

        1. The applicant must supply the following information in the application:

        2. the full name of the judgment debtor:
          1. the number of the Tribunal order:
            1. the judgment debtor’s last known address, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge:
              1. the date on which the applicant believes the judgment debtor last lived at the last known address:
                1. any other information known to the applicant that is likely to assist in a search by a specified agency for contact information about the judgment debtor, such as date of birth and any other names by which the judgment debtor is known:
                  1. the steps taken by the applicant to find any contact information about the judgment debtor.

                    1. If a judgment creditor is entitled under an enactment to recover any costs relating to the enforcement of an order, then the prescribed fee paid by an applicant under this section is to be treated as a cost that is recoverable, unless the judgment debtor proves that the information was publicly available at the time the applicant applied for the information.

                    Notes
                    • Section 112B: inserted, on , by section 75 of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 95).