(1) A debt, obligation, or other liability of a statutory trust is solely a debt, obligation, or other liability of the trust.
(2) A debt, obligation, or other liability incurred by or otherwise existing with respect to the property of or associated with a particular series of a statutory trust is solely a debt, obligation, or liability of the particular series for which there is recourse against only the property of or associated with the particular series.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 386A.3-040

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(3) A person is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment, or otherwise, for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the statutory trust solely by reason of being or acting as a trustee, beneficial owner, agent of the trust, or agent of the trustee.
(4) A person is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment, or otherwise, for a debt, obligation, or other liability of a series or against the property of or associated with a series of a statutory trust by reason of being associated with a series as a beneficial owner, trustee, agent of the series, or agent of the trustee.
(5) The property of a statutory trust not associated with a series is subject to attachment and execution to satisfy a debt, obligation, or other liability of the trust. The property of a statutory trust associated with a series is subject to attachment and execution to satisfy a debt, obligation, or other liability incurred by or with respect to the property associated with that series. The property of a series is subject to attachment and execution to satisfy a debt, obligation, or other liability incurred by or with respect to the property associated with that series.
(6) Subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall not affect the liability of any person for his or her own negligence, wrongful acts, or misconduct.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Created 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 19, effective July 12, 2012.