My son does not live at my address do I have to show bailiffs my documents to validate?


No

An occupant is under no statutory obligation to prove to bailiffs that another person (e.g., a debtor) does not live at the address.

An enforcement agent may enter any premises the debtor lives or carries on a trade or business, to search for and take control of goods.[1]

If bailiffs have an enforcement power, such as a writ of control or a warrant of control, authorising the bailiff to enter a named premises or property to search and take control of goods. The occupant can make a sworn affidavit.[2]

On making the affidavit and serving it on the creditor and the enforcement agent's office, the address is no longer a relevant premises in so far as the enforcement power is concerned.

Bailiffs do not have the power to search anyone's property to satisfy themselves if the debtor does not live there.[4]


[1] Paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
[2] Section 7 of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835
[3] Civil Procedure Rule 6.20(1)(b)
[4] See Neil Tunstall vs Direct Collections Bailiffs Limited (DCBL) and Mr Hussain