# Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002, Section 15: Valuation

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(1) An officer may open shut and lockfast places for the purposes of executing an attachment.
(2) When executing an attachment the officer shall, subject to subsection (3) below, value the articles being attached at the price which they are likely to fetch if sold on the open market.
(3) Where the officer considers that an article is such that a valuation by a professional valuer or other suitably skilled person is appropriate, the officer shall arrange for such a valuation and a valuation so arranged shall proceed on the basis set out in subsection (2) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/17/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/debt-arrangement-and-attachment-scotland-act-2002/section-15
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