Maills and duties is a diligence which is is available to heritable creditors, where the property over which they have a security is let. It gives a heritable creditor the power to receive payments of rent due to be paid to the debtor, directly from the tenant who has leased the property.

This diligence is not available to creditors holding a standard security and is rarely used.

Section 207 of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 provides for the abolition of maills and duties, but has not yet been commenced. The abolition of maills and duties will be considered along with the abolition of adjudication for debt.

This section of the website is intended to give a broad overview of diligence. It is not a full statement of the law nor does it provide a full description of each of the processes.