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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a)(1) A transfer of or lien on the property or assets of a Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union in receivership is voidable by the receiver if the transfer or lien: (A) Was made or created: (i) Four months before the date such bank or credit union is placed in receivership, or (ii) one year before the date such bank or credit union is placed in receivership if the receiving creditor was at the time an affiliate, officer, director or principal shareholder of such bank or credit union; (B) was made or created with the intent of giving to a creditor or depositor, or enabling a creditor or depositor to obtain, a greater percentage of the claimant's debt than is given or obtained by another claimant of the same class; and (C) is accepted by a creditor or depositor having reasonable cause to believe that a preference will occur.
(2) Each Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union officer, director, manager, shareholder, trustee, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or correspondent, or other person acting on behalf of such bank or credit union, who has participated in implementing a voidable transfer or lien, and each person receiving property or the benefit of property of such bank or credit union as a result of the voidable transfer or lien, is personally liable for the property or benefit received and shall account to the receiver for the benefit of the clients, depositors and creditors of such bank or credit union.
(3) The receiver may avoid a transfer of or lien on the property or assets of a Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union that a client, creditor, depositor or shareholder of such bank or credit union could have avoided and may recover the property transferred or its value from the person to whom it was transferred, or from a person who has received it unless the transferee or recipient was a bona fide holder for value before the date such bank or credit union was placed in receivership.
(b) No execution shall be issued or levied against any Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union, or its property, before final judgment, including the exhaustion of all appeals, in any proceeding brought against such bank or credit union in any court in this or any other state.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 36A. The Banking Law of Connecticut § 36a-235. Conditions under which transfers of or liens on property or assets of Connecticut banks and credit unions in receivership are voidable. Personal liability of persons who implemented or benefited from voidable transfers or liens. Issuance or levy of execution before final judgment prohibited - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-36a-the-banking-law-of-connecticut/ct-gen-st-sect-36a-235/
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