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Make an application to a court (application notice): Form N244

Use the N244 form to ask a court to set aside or vary a judgment or suspend an enforcement process.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Published: 1 June 2016
• Last updated: 1 October 2026
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  1. 1 October 2026

     Removed link to discontinued N244(CHFL) and changed references from CH60 to BP34.

  2. 11 March 2026

     Added Welsh landing page and guidance.

  3. 18 December 2025

     Added HTML guidance notes and reformatted the documents list to remove the CH60 and miscellaneous guidance payments.

  4. 23 April 2025

     Updated the fee in the guidance for miscellaneous payments out of court.

  5. 27 November 2024

     Added guidance explaining how to apply for a domestic abuse protection order in the civil court.

  6. 25 June 2024

     Changed the format of form CH60 to PDF.

  7. 15 May 2024

     Updated the court fee for the application notice in the guidance for miscellaneous payments out of court. The guidance for miscellaneous payments out of court has been converted from a PDF to HTML. A separate file has been created for the evidence of identity and declaration in support of application.

  8. 6 January 2023

     Added large print versions of N244 and the guidance notes

  9. 7 September 2022

     Uploaded new guidance notes document.

  10. 29 July 2022

      Uploaded new notes for filling out N244

  11. 30 June 2022

      Uploaded new version of N244

  12. 7 August 2018

      N244 (English) updated.

  13. 26 June 2018

      Added a large print (18pt) version of Form N244.

  14. 1 June 2016

      First published.

Documents

Application notice: From N244 (read the guidance before completing)

PDF, 99.3 KB, 5 pages

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How to complete the N244 application notice

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Application notice: N244 (large print)

PDF, 176 KB, 6 pages

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Details

Read the guidance before filling in this application notice.

You will need to use additional or different forms and guidance if you are:

• applying for a domestic abuse protection order
• providing a defence in certain property cases
• applying for a commercial court order
• applications for payments out of court funds

Domestic abuse protection orders

You must read guidance on applying for a DAPO in the county court before completing this form.

If you do not have an ongoing civil case in the county court with the person you need protection from, you must apply to a family court instead.

Read the guidance on applying for a DAPO in a family court

Defendants

You might also find it useful to read the ‘notes for defendant’ on:

• Form N119: Give details of a claim to gain possession of a rented residential property
• Form N120: Particulars of claim (Mortgaged residential premises)

Commercial court orders

You may need a different type of N244 form, depending on the court you’re applying to:

• apply to the Commercial Court for an order (‘application notice’): Form N244(CC)
• application notice (Commercial Court Financial List): Form N244(CCFL)

Check court and tribunal fees and find out if you can get help with fees.

Applications for payments out of court funds

If you are applying for payments out of court funds as a dissentient shareholder or following the sale of a property, you will need to use the evidence of identity and declaration form (BP34) alongside the N244.

You should also read the guidance if applying to claim money paid into the High Court in relation to a property or shareholdings.

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