Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 8 Sec. 2555

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

§ 2555. Conservation, liquidation, and insolvency

To the extent applicable, the provisions of subchapters 2, 3, and 5 of chapter 209 of this title, excluding sections 19207, 19208, 19210, 19306, and 19307 of this title, shall apply to the conservation, liquidation, and insolvency of any licensee under this chapter. Such licensee shall be treated as a financial institution for the purposes of application of those subchapters. If an impaired or insolvent licensee is or becomes a debtor in bankruptcy or the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding under federal law, the Commissioner shall be relieved of any obligation otherwise imposed under this section and subchapters 2, 3, and 5 of chapter 209 of this title, and shall relinquish control of the assets and estate of such debtor to the duly appointed trustee in bankruptcy or the debtor in possession, as the case may be. (Added 2001, No. 55, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.)