For the purposes of this chapter:

(1) a transfer is made:

Terms Used In Alabama Code 8-9B-7

  • Asset: means property of a debtor, but the term does not include:
    (i) property to the extent it is encumbered by a valid lien;
    (ii) property to the extent it is generally exempt under nonbankruptcy law; or
    (iii) an interest in property held in tenancy in common for life with cross contingent remainder to the survivor in fee to the extent it is not subject to process by a creditor holding a claim against only one tenant. See Alabama Code 8-9B-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Creditor: means a person that has a claim. See Alabama Code 8-9B-2
  • Debtor: means a person that is liable on a claim. See Alabama Code 8-9B-2
  • Property: means both real and personal property, whether tangible or intangible, and any interest in property whether legal or equitable and includes anything that may be the subject of ownership. See Alabama Code 8-9B-2
  • Transfer: means every mode, direct or indirect, absolute or conditional, voluntary or involuntary, of disposing of or parting with an asset or an interest in an asset, and includes payment of money, release, lease, license, and creation of a lien or other encumbrance. See Alabama Code 8-9B-2
(i) with respect to an asset that is real property other than a fixture, but including the interest of a seller or purchaser under a contract for the sale of the asset, when the transfer is so far perfected that a good-faith purchaser of the asset from the debtor against which applicable law permits the transfer to be perfected cannot acquire an interest in the asset that is superior to the interest of the transferee; and
(ii) with respect to an asset that is not real property or that is a fixture, when the transfer is so far perfected that a creditor on a simple contract cannot acquire a judicial lien otherwise than under this chapter that is superior to the interest of the transferee;
(2) if applicable law permits the transfer to be perfected as provided in paragraph (1) and the transfer is not so perfected before the commencement of an action for relief under this chapter, the transfer is deemed made immediately before the commencement of the action;
(3) if applicable law does not permit the transfer to be perfected as provided in paragraph (1), the transfer is made when it becomes effective between the debtor and the transferee; and
(4) except with respect to personal property and fixtures where a lender has perfected its security interest in such property in which event paragraph (1)(i) shall apply, a transfer is not made until the debtor has acquired rights in the asset transferred.
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