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Free N379 Charging Order Application Builder

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

Fill in the official HMCTS application for a charging order on land in minutes: the right boxes ticked, the court the application goes to, the fee, and who must be served with the interim order and by when, checked against CPR Part 73 and the Charging Orders Act 1979. From DMD Costs, law costs draftsmen in Westhoughton, Bolton.

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The application
A County Court application goes to the Civil National Business Centre (CPR 73.3(2)).
The fee will be paid by
The judgment creditor and the judgment
The judgment creditor is
The judgment was given in
Judgments against the same debtor (CPR 73.3(4)). The claim number above goes in the first box.
The judgment debtor
The debt
Interest to date: the judgment interest calculator.
Payment by instalments

Section 3B (a council tax liability order) is for local authorities: the builder leaves it blank.

The land
The title

The judgment debtor’s interest in the land

That interest is shown by
Other creditors and people to serve
Other creditors of the judgment debtor
Anyone else with, or who may have, an interest in the property (co-owners, trustees, people with rights of occupation)
Statement of truth and address
Signed by

Address to which documents should be sent

What goes with it (the form’s checklist)

The builder applies CPR Part 73, PD 73 and the Charging Orders Act 1979, as they stood on 22 October 2026, to the official form N379 (10.23). It sets out the rules; it does not say whether to apply for a charging order. Check every box against your file before filing. It is a guide, not legal advice.

Key points

  • DMD Costs’ N379 builder is a free online tool that fills in the official HMCTS Form N379, the application for a charging order on land or property, and downloads it as a PDF ready to sign and file.
  • It is completely free, with no sign-up or paywall, and runs in your browser; nothing you enter is sent to DMD Costs.
  • A charging order secures a judgment debt on the debtor’s interest in land (Charging Orders Act 1979 ss.1 and 2). The application is made on Form N379 for land, or N380 for securities (PD 73 para 1.1), without notice and verified by a statement of truth (CPR 73.3).
  • A County Court application goes to the Civil National Business Centre in Northampton (CPR 73.3(2)). A High Court judgment for more than the £5,000 county court limit can be charged in the High Court or the County Court; any other High Court or County Court judgment is charged in the County Court (Charging Orders Act 1979 s.1(2), which has its own rules for funds in court and family orders; County Court Jurisdiction Order 2014 art 3).
  • The court fee is £139.00 for each charging order applied for (fee 8.4(b) in the County Court, 7.3(b) in the High Court). A legally represented creditor’s fixed costs on a final charging order are £110.00, with reasonable disbursements for search fees and registration (PD 45 Table 7).
  • If an interim charging order is made at the Civil National Business Centre, the creditor serves it within 21 days and files a certificate of service with a statement of the amount due within 28 days (CPR 73.7(1) and (2)); objections are due within 28 days of service (CPR 73.10(2)).
  • That the debtor is paying instalments on time does not prevent a charging order, but the court must take it into account (Charging Orders Act 1979 s.1(7) and (8)); that change does not apply to instalment orders made, or applied for, before 1 October 2012.

How to use the N379 builder

  1. Enter the application. Enter the court, the claim number and the parties with references, and say how the fee will be paid: fee account, cheque or help with fees.
  2. Enter the judgment. Enter the judgment creditor, the court and date of the judgment, and any other claim numbers against the same debtor.
  3. Enter the debtor and the debt. Enter the judgment debtor’s name, address and date of birth if known, what the judgment requires, what is still owing with interest, and whether it is payable by instalments.
  4. Describe the land. Enter the address of the land, whether the title is registered and its title number, the debtor’s interest in it and how that is shown.
  5. Name the others. List any other creditors you know of and anyone else with an interest in the property, such as a co-owner, trustee or spouse, who will be served with the interim order.
  6. Sign, download and file. Confirm the statement of truth and who signs, enter the address for documents, then download the filled N379, check it, sign it and file it with the fee, the evidence and an extra copy.

Which court, and where to send it

A County Court judgment is charged in the County Court, and so is a High Court judgment for £5,000 or less; a High Court judgment for more than £5,000 can be charged in the High Court or the County Court (Charging Orders Act 1979 s.1(2); County Court Jurisdiction Order 2014 art 3). Section 1(2) has its own rules for a fund in court (the court where it is lodged), a High Court maintenance order or family costs order (the High Court or the Family Court) and a Family Court order (the Family Court). A County Court application goes to the Civil National Business Centre, unless it concerns a fund in court (CPR 73.3(2) and (3)). One application can cover several judgments against the same debtor (CPR 73.3(4)). The fee number follows the court: fee 8.4(b) in the County Court, 7.3(b) in the High Court.

Judgments payable by instalments

For an instalment order made on or after 1 October 2012, the fact that the debtor is up to date does not prevent a charging order, though the court must take it into account (s.1(6) to (8)). PD 73 para 1.2(4) asks for the date of the order and the instalments that have fallen due and remain unpaid. The form has a box for those only on its line for orders made before 1 October 2012, so for a later order the builder states them at the start of section 8.

After the interim charging order

At the Civil National Business Centre, the creditor serves the interim order, the application and its documents within 21 days and files a certificate of service, with a statement of the amount due, within 28 days (CPR 73.7(1) and (2)). Where the interim order was made at another court, or the judge transferred the application for a hearing when making it (CPR 73.4(6)), service is at least 21 days before the hearing (CPR 73.7(5)). Fill in the certificate of service with the free N215 builder.

The court fee and fixed costs

The fee is £139.00 for each charging order applied for (fees 8.4(b) and 7.3(b)); see the civil court fees calculator. A legally represented creditor’s fixed costs on a final charging order are £110.00, with reasonable disbursements for search fees and registering the order (PD 45 Table 7). To weigh a charging order against the other ways of enforcing, use the enforcement options calculator.

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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.
It is the application notice for a charging order on land. An application for a charging order is made by filing Practice Form N379 if it relates to land, or N380 if it relates to securities (PD 73 para 1.1). It must give the information PD 73 para 1.2 lists, including the debtor’s name and address, the judgment, the amount still owing, any instalments, other creditors, the land and its title number, the debtor’s interest, and who must be served.
A County Court judgment is charged in the County Court (Charging Orders Act 1979 s.1(2)(d)), and a County Court application must be made to the Civil National Business Centre, St Katharine’s House, 21-27 St Katharine’s Street, Northampton NN1 2LH, unless it concerns a fund in court (CPR 73.3(2); PD 73 para 1.4). A High Court judgment for more than the county court limit of £5,000 can be charged in the High Court or the County Court (s.1(2)(c); County Court Jurisdiction Order 2014 art 3); one for £5,000 or less is charged in the County Court (s.1(2)(d)). Section 1(2) has its own rules for a fund in court and for family orders.
£139.00 for each charging order applied for: fee 8.4(b) in the County Court and 7.3(b) in the High Court (Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008, Schedule 1, from 13 July 2026). The court fees calculator lists every civil court fee.
Where the creditor is legally represented, £110.00 on the making of a final charging order, and the court may also allow reasonable disbursements for search fees and registering the order (CPR 45.23; PD 45 Table 7).
The application is dealt with first without a hearing, and may result in an interim charging order (CPR 73.4 and 73.6). At the Civil National Business Centre, the creditor serves the interim order, the application and the documents filed with it within 21 days of the order, and files a certificate of service with a statement of the amount due within 28 days (CPR 73.7(1) and (2)). Anyone objecting files and serves written evidence within 28 days of being served (CPR 73.10(2)); an objection sends the application to the debtor’s home court for a hearing (CPR 73.10(3)).
The judgment debtor; for land, any co-owner; the debtor’s spouse or civil partner, if known; the other creditors named in the application or as the court directs; and, for an interest under a trust, the trustees the court directs (CPR 73.7(7)). That is why the form asks for other creditors and for anyone else with an interest in the property.
Yes, for an instalment order made on or after 1 October 2012: that there has been no default does not prevent a charging order, but the court must take it into account (Charging Orders Act 1979 s.1(6) to (8)), and the charge cannot be enforced by an order for sale unless there has been default (s.3(4C)). Those rules do not apply where the instalment order was made, or applied for, before 1 October 2012 (Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 s.93(6)), and such an application goes to a judge (CPR 73.4(4)(c)).
A charging order may be made on the debtor’s beneficial interest under a trust, which is how a joint owner holds land (Charging Orders Act 1979 s.2(1)(a)(ii)). Where all the co-owners owe the same debt and together hold the whole beneficial interest, the charge can be on the land itself (s.2(1)(b)(iii)). The co-owner must be served with the interim order (CPR 73.7(7)(b)), and the court considers all the circumstances, including the debtor’s personal circumstances and whether other creditors would be unduly prejudiced (s.1(5)).
No. On a County Court judgment, County Court enforcement that produces a payment stops judgment interest, but charging order proceedings are excluded from that rule (County Courts (Interest on Judgment Debts) Order 1991 art 4(1) and (2)). The free judgment interest calculator works out the interest to date for the amount still owing.

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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