I owe a lot of money. Will I go to jail?

generally speaking, people will not go to jail if they don't pay back the money, but only if they commit a criminal offence. However, owing money is a civil case, so they generally won't go to jail.

However, in the following cases, criminal responsibility may be borne, and punishment may be given according to the law according to the seriousness of the circumstances, or even imprisonment may be imposed:

1. According to Article 313 of the Criminal Law, if a people's court refuses to execute a judgment or ruling, if the circumstances are serious, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or a fine.

2. Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China? Article 111 If a litigant participant or other person commits one of the following acts, the people's court may impose a fine or detention according to the seriousness of the case; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law: concealing, transferring, selling off or damaging the property that has been sealed up or detained, or transferring the property that has been counted and ordered to be kept; Refusing to perform a legally effective judgment or ruling of the people's court. ?

ways to recover debts

1. Using administrative intervention to help collect debts

The so-called use of administrative intervention to help realize debt collection means that creditors have won the sympathy and support of the debtor's superior authorities through their own hard work in the process of debt collection, and have educated the debtor through the debtor's superior leading organs to persuade him to fulfill his debts as soon as possible.

it is necessary to remind creditors that the scope of the means by which debt collectors ask the higher authorities of the debtor to help them achieve the purpose of debt collection in the process of debt collection is limited, because the competent authorities of the debtor do not have any coercive measures on whether the debtor performs the debt, that is to say, the competent authorities have no power to order or rule that the debtor must perform the debt. Therefore, the use of administrative intervention to collect debts can only be used as an auxiliary means for debt collectors.

2. Bring a lawsuit to the court

In the case that you really don't want to get it back, but the amount borrowed is also large, it is suggested to bring a lawsuit to the court to realize your creditor's rights with the help of legal power. But to win the lawsuit, there is one problem, that is, evidence. It is best to have an iou or contract. If not, you can think of other ways, such as recording, SMS, chat records, etc., which can be used as strong evidence.

We should seize the opportunity to collect evidence without IOUs. You can quietly take a tape recorder or other recording equipment to find a friend, ask him to pay back the money, and then record your conversation. Or naturally lead the topic during telephone voice chat and record the fact of borrowing money in the recording equipment, which is better evidence.

For the collection of short messages and chat records, similar to audio recording, the fact of borrowing money is recorded by means of electronic products and used as evidence for judges' reference.

What needs to be reminded is that the collection of evidence must be legal, and any evidence collected by violating the law or infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of others is flawed and has insufficient probative power. Therefore, we must be careful in the process of collecting evidence. It is best to consult a lawyer first and collect evidence according to the lawyer's advice.