Out-of-court settlement agreement (ugoda pozasądowa)
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A Polish settlement that ends a dispute without going to court — over a payment, damage, a tenancy account or a service: the parties with PESEL numbers, the dispute, what each side concedes, the amount, deadline and account for payment, and a statement that performing the settlement exhausts the claims concerned (art. 917 of the Civil Code). It explains that such a settlement is not enforceable on its own, and how to make it so if the other side fails to perform.
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Common questions
- Can an out-of-court settlement go straight to a bailiff in Poland?
- No — an out-of-court settlement is not an enforcement title. If the other side does not perform, it has to be sued, with the settlement as strong evidence. An enforcement title, by contrast, is a court settlement, for example after a summons to a settlement attempt, a mediated settlement approved by a court, or a submission to enforcement in a notarial deed (art. 777 of the Code of Civil Procedure) — once declared enforceable, any of them can go to a bailiff without a lawsuit.
- Can a signed Polish settlement be undone?
- Only exceptionally. A settlement made under a mistake can be avoided only if the mistake concerns facts both sides took as certain, and the dispute would not have arisen had they known the truth (art. 918 of the Civil Code). Feeling that a better deal was possible is not enough. The general grounds, such as a threat or deceit by the other side, remain.
- Does making a settlement interrupt the limitation period in Poland?
- Yes, if the debtor acknowledges the claim in it even in part — acknowledgement interrupts limitation (art. 123 § 1(2) of the Civil Code). Filing a summons to a settlement attempt in court also interrupts it, even if no settlement is reached (art. 123 § 1(1)). So when the limitation date is close, settlement talks are worth confirming in writing or moving into court.
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