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Court payment order

A payment order is a court's demand to pay a money claim. It is not yet a judgment.

In more detail

The dunning procedure is in the Code of Civil Procedure, sections 688 and following. The order names the creditor, the amount and the note that an objection can be filed. As of the text of the statute: the period for the objection is two weeks from service. Someone who does not object risks an enforcement order and then enforcement. Finmon drafts no objection.

Background

An objection does not mean the claim is unfounded, and silence does not mean the claim was examined. The dunning procedure usually does not examine the substance of the claim. Someone who thinks the claim is unjustified, or who cannot pay it, needs a place outside the app: legal help for the law, debt advice for over-indebtedness. Finmon decides no case.

An example

A yellow order about an invoice you cannot place is in the letterbox. The two-week period runs from service, not from the day you happen to read the letter later if it was already served. Whether an objection or payment fits is a question of the case. Finmon does not see the order.

A common misconception

Ignoring the payment order gains time, because no court is involved yet.

The court is already involved. Without an objection an enforcement order can arise, and enforcement can follow from it.

Source: ZPO §§ 688 ff., insbesondere §§ 692, 694, 699, 700. Last reviewed: 2026-10-29. Editorially reviewed on 2026-10-29. Next review 2027-10-29. Version 0.2.0. Finmon explains. It does not advise. Not investment, tax or legal advice.