The position of public enforcement officers with reference to enforcement on agricultural land

Abstract

The subject of this paper is the analysis of the legal nature of public enforcement officers as holders of public authority, their place in the judicial system of the Republic of Serbia with special reference to enforcement on agricultural land owned by the enforcement debtor and the process of supervision and control of public enforcement officers. Fast and efficient collection of creditors' claims is one of the basic tasks of the enforcement procedure and as such, it is a precondition for the efficient functioning of the judicial system. In the Republic of Serbia, these goals are ensured by the introduction of first (private) enforcement officers, and afterward, public enforcement officers as a new judicial profession, to which some of the public authorities have been delegated, i.e. authorities that only courts once had.

Keywords

• public enforcement officers
• legal nature
• public authority
• agricultural land
• supervision