Does a bailiff warrant need a wet-ink signature?

The law does not require warrants to have a wet-ink signature.

A warrant is court authority for the bailiff to enforce the debt by taking control of goods.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

When a debtor or anyone that appears to be in charge of the premises asks a bailiff to show the warrant or his identity, the bailiff must show it.^[8]

The request can be made before the bailiff attends, or later.^[9]

A bailiff's ID is his enforcement certificate, a white laminated card with a mugshot, measuring six inches tall, two two-and-a-half inches and wet-ink signed by a judge. ^[10][11]

If the bailiff shows a police-like badge and warrant card, then he fails to show his ID and commits an offence. ^[12]

The warrant may be shown on a device, and you have a right to take a picture of it and ask the bailiff to wait outside until its authenticity has been verified.

Magistrate's Court fines, the warrant has the HM Court Service logo and seal.^[13]

Showing a fake warrant does not count as showing authority to enter premises.^[14]

A bailiffs enforcement certificate does have a wet ink signature of a county court judge,^[11] and you have a right to see it.^[15]

^{[1] Regulation 34 of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992

[2] Civil Procedure Rule 75.7

[3] Section 76 of the Magistrates Courts Act 1980

[4] Civil Procedure Rule 83.2

[5] Regulation 12 of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989

[6] Rule 12 of the Distress for Rent Rules 1988

[7] Schedule 7 of the Courts Act 2003

[8] Paragraph 26(1) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

[9] Paragraph 26(2) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

[10] Section 64 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

[11] See: Example bailiffs certificate with a judge's wet-ink signature

[12] Section 90 of the Police Act 1996

[13] See: Genuine Warrant of Control issued my HM Courts & Tribunals Service

[14] Section 7 of the Fraud Act 2006

[15] Paragraph 26(1)(a) of Schedule 12 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007}