The debtor is dead, but not the debt – it inactive exists, and a clever creditor will take care of the household in the inheritance case

Zdjęcie: Dłużnik umarł, ale dług żyje. Wierzyciel może sięgnąć po pieniądze spadkobierców nawet bez ich wiedzy Shutterstock Shutterstock


The death of the debtor does not mean the death of the debt. A creditor who knows how to usage the available legal tools does not gotta wait for the household of the deceased to conduct the inheritance proceedings themselves. He can do it for her – and for a symbolic PLN 100. The fresh resolution of the ultimate Court of 11 February 2026 gives it a strong basis for this and clearly confirms that specified a decision interrupts the statute of limitations.