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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) A preference is a transfer of any of the property of the bank:
(a) To or for the benefit of a creditor;
(b) For or on account of an antecedent debt owed by the bank before such transfer was made;
(c) Made while the bank was insolvent;
(d) Made:
1. On or within ninety (90) days before the date of the closing of a bank under KRS 286.3-854 if such creditor had reasonable cause to believe the bank was insolvent at the time of such transfer; or
2. On or within one (1) year before the date of the closing of a bank under KRS 286.3-854 if such creditor was a director, officer or person in control of the state bank and had reasonable cause to believe the bank was insolvent at the time of such transfer; and
(e) That enables such creditor to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than some other creditor of the same class.
(2) A preference does not include a transfer:
(a) To the extent that such transfer was a substantially contemporaneous exchange for new value given to the bank; or
(b) To the extent that such transfer was made in payment of a debt incurred in the ordinary course of the bank's business made not later than forty-five (45) days after such debt was incurred.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXV. Business and Financial Institutions § 286.3-864.“Preference” defined - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxv-business-and-financial-institutions/ky-rev-st-sect-286-3-864/
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