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Free N337 Attachment of Earnings Order Request Builder

Led by Diellza Nika Hyseni and Mentor Nika · Updated 22 October 2026

Fill in the official HMCTS request for an attachment of earnings order in minutes: the amount now due worked out with the issue fee, and the missed payment, the £50 minimum and the County Court rule checked against the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 and CPR Part 89. From DMD Costs, law costs draftsmen in Westhoughton, Bolton.

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Fill in the boxes below; the checks and the form update as you type. Nothing leaves your browser.

The claim
The judgment was given in
The claimant
Usually the solicitors’ name, address and reference.
The debtor
The debt
Without the issue fee, but with the costs of any unsatisfied warrant.
Issue fee
Employment and other details
Signature
Who signs?

The builder applies the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 and CPR Part 89, as they stood on 22 October 2026, to the official form N337 (05.14). It fills in the form; it does not say whether to enforce or which method to use. Check every box against your file before sending. It is a guide, not legal advice.

Key points

  • DMD Costs’ N337 builder is a free online tool that fills in the official HMCTS Form N337, the request for an attachment of earnings order, works out the amount now due with the issue fee, and downloads it as a PDF ready to sign and send.
  • It is completely free, with no sign-up or paywall, and runs in your browser; nothing you enter is sent to DMD Costs.
  • An attachment of earnings order is directed to the debtor’s employer and instructs it to make periodical deductions from the debtor’s earnings and pay them to the court (Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 s.6(1)). Earnings are wages, salary, pensions and statutory sick pay, but not, among others, armed forces pay, social security benefits or tax credits (s.24).
  • Only the County Court makes an attachment of earnings order to secure a judgment debt (s.1(2)). The request goes to the Civil National Business Centre (CPR 89.3); a High Court judgment must first be transferred to the County Court (CPR 70.3(1)).
  • A creditor can apply only if the debtor has failed to make one or more payments required by the judgment (s.3(3)), and the request certifies the amount remaining due and that the whole or part of an instalment due remains unpaid (CPR 89.4(1)).
  • No order may be made where the debt, or the amount remaining payable under the judgment, is less than £50 (CPR 89.7(14)).
  • The court fee is £139 (fee 8.7), one for each debtor, and is added to the balance to give the amount now due. Where costs are allowed, PD 45 Table 7 allows £8.50 for each attendance at the hearing (CPR 89.10).
  • The court serves the debtor with a reply form (N56), to be filed within 8 days; a court officer with enough information may make the order, and either side may ask within 14 days of service for it to be reconsidered by a District Judge (CPR 89.5 and 89.7).

How to use the N337 builder

  1. Enter the claim. Say where the judgment was given, and enter the court, the claim number and, if the judgment was made elsewhere, that court.
  2. Give the claimant’s details. Enter the claimant’s name and address and, if documents and payments go elsewhere, usually to the solicitors, that name, address and reference.
  3. Give the debtor’s details. Enter the debtor’s name and address and what you know of their work.
  4. State the debt. Confirm that a payment has been missed, and enter the balance due; the builder adds the issue fee to give the amount now due.
  5. Add the employment details. Give the employer’s name and address, the place of work, the job and any works number, and anything else relevant about the debtor’s circumstances.
  6. Download, sign and send. Choose who signs, download the filled N337, sign it by hand and send it with the fee to the Civil National Business Centre.

When an attachment of earnings order can be made

The County Court may make an attachment of earnings order to secure the payment of a judgment debt (Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 s.1(2)). On a creditor’s application, it must appear to the court that the debtor has failed to make one or more payments required by the judgment (s.3(3)), and the request certifies the amount remaining due and that the whole or part of an instalment due remains unpaid (CPR 89.4(1)). No order may be made where the debt, or the amount remaining payable, is less than £50 (CPR 89.7(14)). The order attaches earnings, so the debtor must have them: wages, salary, a pension or statutory sick pay (s.24).

The balance, the fee and the amount now due

Box 5 of the form asks for the balance due at the date of the request, excluding the issue fee but including the costs of any unsatisfied warrant, then the issue fee, £139 (fee 8.7), and the amount now due, which adds them together. With Help with Fees, the builder uses the fee you actually pay. Where costs are allowed on the application, PD 45 Table 7 allows £8.50 for each attendance at the hearing (CPR 89.10). For every enforcement fee and fixed sum, see the civil court fees calculator and the fixed costs lookup.

After the request

The court serves the debtor with a reply form (N56), to be filed within 8 days (CPR 89.5), and may ask the employer for a statement of earnings (CPR 89.6). A court officer with enough information may make the order, which either side may ask to be reconsidered within 14 days of service (CPR 89.7). On a County Court judgment that carries interest, taking enforcement proceedings stops interest unless they produce no payment at all, and no interest accrues while the order is in force (County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 art 4(1) and (3)).

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Frequently asked questions

Yes. It is completely free, with no sign-up, no paywall and no limit. It fills in the official HMCTS form in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to DMD Costs.
An order directed to the person who appears to the court to employ the debtor, which instructs them to make periodical deductions from the debtor’s earnings and pay them to the court (Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 s.6(1)). Earnings are wages or salary (with fees, bonus, commission and overtime), pensions and statutory sick pay; armed forces pay, social security benefits, tax credits, disability pensions and a seaman’s wages, among others, are not (s.24). Only the County Court makes one to secure a judgment debt (s.1(2)).
When the debtor has failed to make one or more payments required by the judgment: on the application of anyone other than the debtor, the order can be made only if that appears to the court (Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 s.3(3)). The request must certify the amount of money remaining due and that the whole or part of any instalment due remains unpaid (CPR 89.4(1)). No order may be made where the debt, or the amount remaining payable under the judgment, is less than £50 (CPR 89.7(14)).
The court fee is £139 (fee 8.7, Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008, Schedule 1), one for each debtor against whom an order is requested. On the form, the balance due excludes the issue fee but includes the costs of any unsatisfied warrant, and the amount now due adds the fee. Where costs are allowed, a legal representative’s charge for attending the hearing and the court fee may be allowed (CPR 89.10); PD 45 Table 7 fixes £8.50 for each attendance.
An application to the County Court for an attachment of earnings order must be made to the Civil National Business Centre (CPR 89.3). GOV.UK’s guidance gives the address as St Katherine’s House, 21 to 27 St Katherine’s Street, Northampton NN1 2LH, and asks you to put the claim number on your letter.
Not in the High Court: for a judgment debt only the County Court makes the order (Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 s.1(2); PD 70A para 1.1(4)). Apply to the High Court for an order transferring the proceedings to the County Court (CPR 70.3(1)), then file with the request a copy of the judgment, a certificate verifying the amount due, any enforcement officer’s return to a writ, and a copy of the transfer order (PD 70A para 3.1).
It attaches earnings paid to a person, so it is no use against a company or firm, which has none (Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 s.24). GOV.UK’s guidance says an order cannot be made against someone who is unemployed or self-employed, a firm or a limited company, a member of the armed forces or a merchant seaman (for whom special arrangements apply). If you are not sure whether the debtor is employed, the guidance suggests an order to obtain information (Form N316) or asking the court to search the attachment of earnings index (CPR 89.2).
The court serves the debtor with notice of the application and a reply form (N56), which the debtor must file within 8 days (CPR 89.5). The court may ask the employer for a statement of the debtor’s earnings (CPR 89.6). A court officer with enough information may make the order; the creditor or the debtor may, within 14 days of service and giving reasons, ask for it to be reconsidered, and the application goes to a District Judge at the debtor’s home court (CPR 89.7). Where an order is already in force against the same debtor, the court may make a consolidated attachment order (CPR 89.18 to 89.20).
On a County Court judgment that carries interest, taking enforcement proceedings stops interest unless they produce no payment at all (County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 art 4(1)), and no interest accrues while an attachment of earnings order is in force (art 4(3)). The form notes that the balance may include interest to the date of the request where the judgment is for £5,000 or more, or is for a debt carrying contractual or statutory interest for late payment; the interest claimed should be set out, in box 7 or on a continuation sheet (PD 70A para 6).
Tell the court immediately of any payment received after sending the request: the form says so, and PD 70A para 7.1 requires the creditor to notify the court in writing of payments made after issue and before the hearing. If the debtor pays the balance in full, the creditor must tell the court officer (CPR 89.5(6)).

Costs to recover before you can enforce them?

DMD Costs does not act in enforcement. We work for claimant solicitor firms on the costs: we prepare the bill, answer the Points of Dispute and negotiate the costs, which ends in an agreed sum or a costs certificate that is enforced like a judgment. The fee is fixed and agreed before any work begins.

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