Blocking bank accounts: a specialist explained what to do in this case

In Ukraine, a massive blocking of bank accounts has recently begun at the request of public and private executors. This is due to the entry into force on May 6 of the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Certain Features of Organizing the Enforcement of Judicial Decisions and Decisions of Other Bodies During Martial Law”, which returns the blocking of funds on the arrested bank accounts of debtors. Such blocking was temporarily suspended at the beginning of a full-scale war by a government decision for citizens whose debts did not exceed 100 thousand hryvnias. lawyer Alina Vdovtsova.

“But recently, banks massively began blocking citizens’ accounts on the basis of orders from public and private executors. However, according to the aforementioned Law, clients are allowed to use funds in the amount of 2 minimum wages, which is UAH 13,400. The debtor, whose accounts are blocked, must apply to a public or private executor with a written application, which must indicate the account number and the bank in which such an account is opened..

The executor, explains the lawyer, in turn must send to the financial institution (bank) a decision to remove the arrest from the account within the specified amount. However, the removal of the arrest is possible only from one account.

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