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NY Debt & Cred L § 21-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2 - General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors 21-A - Company Pension Plans; Deductions From Wages Trust Moneys; Preference.

§  21-a.  Company  pension  plans; deductions from wages trust moneys;   preference. Moneys contributed from wages or salary by  an  employee  or   former  employee  under  any  retirement  system  or  plan maintained or   operated by  a  domestic  corporation,  association,  co-partnership  or   joint-stock  company, together with all accumulations of interest, shall   belong to the employee making the contributions and be deemed to be held   in trust by the employer  for  the  benefit  of  the  employee.  In  all   distribution  of  assets of such an employer or former employer, whether   insolvent or otherwise, the amount so contributed,  together  with  such   accumulations of interest, shall first be paid to the employee or former   employee,  his  executors,  administrators or assigns, before payment of   unsecured creditors.
NY Debt & Cred L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2 - General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors 22 - Wages and Commissions and Preferred Claims.

§   22.  Wages  and  commissions  and  preferred  claims.  1.  In  all   distribution of assets under all assignments made in pursuance  of  this   article,  the  wages  or salaries actually owing to the employees of the   assignor or assignors at the time of the execution of the assignment for   services rendered within three months prior  to  the  execution  of  the   assignment,  not  exceeding  one  thousand dollars to each employee, and   after payment of  the  foregoing,  all  claims  for  cash  deposits  not   exceeding  three  hundred  dollars  made  and  left  with an assignor or   assignors on account of purchases at retail of merchandise or  services,   where  such deposits were made within six months before the execution of   the assignment and such  merchandise  has  not  been  delivered  or  the   services  performed,  shall  be  preferred  before any other debt except   wages or salaries as aforesaid; and should the assets of the assignor or   assignors not be sufficient to pay in full  all  the  claims  preferred,   pursuant  to this section, they shall be applied to the payment first of   wages or salaries to the full amount of each such wage  or  salary,  and   thereafter pro rata to payment of such cash deposits.2. For the purposes of this section, wages or salaries shall mean; (a)   all  compensation  and  benefits  payable  by  an employer to or for the   account of the employee for personal services rendered by such employee.   These shall  specifically  include  but  not  be  limited  to  salaries,   overtime, vacation, holiday and severance pay; employer contributions to   or  payments of insurance or welfare benefits; employer contributions to   pension or annuity funds; and any other moneys properly due  or  payable   for  services  rendered by such employee. Vacation and severance pay due   and owing at the time of the filing of an assignment,  or  which  became   due  and  owing  after  the  filing  of  an assignment, but prior to the   closing of the estate, shall be considered as wages or salaries owed for   services rendered within three months prior  to  the  execution  of  the   assignment,  or  (b)  commissions  due  traveling  or  city  salesmen on   salaries or commission basis, whole or part-time, whether or not selling   exclusively for the assignor or assignors, and for the purpose  of  this   section,  traveling  or  city  salesmen, shall include all such salesmen   whether or not they are  independent  contractors  selling  products  or   services  of  the  bankrupt  with or without a drawing account or formal   contract.
NY Debt & Cred L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2 - General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors 23 - Limitation of Preferences.

§  23.  Limitation  of  preferences. In all general assignments of the   estates of debtors for the benefit of creditors  no  preference  created   therein, other than for the wages or salaries of or moneys held in trust   for  employees under section twenty-one-a and section twenty-two or cash   deposits upon purchases for future delivery of merchandise  or  services   under section twenty-two, shall be valid.
NY Debt & Cred L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2 - General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors 24 - Appraisal of Estate in the Hands of Assignee.

§  24. Appraisal of estate in the hands of assignee. Whenever it shall   become necessary to appraise in whole or in part any estate in the hands   of any assignee for the benefit of creditors, the persons whose duty  it   shall  be to make such appraisal shall value the real estate at its full   and true value, taking into consideration actual  sales  of  neighboring   real estate similarly situated during the year immediately preceding the   date  of such appraisal, if any; and they shall value all such property,   stocks, bonds or securities as are customarily bought or  sold  in  open   markets  in the city of New York or elsewhere, for the day on which such   appraisal or report may be required, by ascertaining the  range  of  the   market  and  the  average  of  prices  as  thus found, running through a   reasonable period of time.
NY Debt & Cred L § 30 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 30 - Definitions.

§  30.  Definitions.  As  used  in this article, unless the context or subject matter requires otherwise:  (a) "Liquidation proceeding" includes all assignments for the  benefit of   creditors,  whether  voluntary  or  by  operation  of  law;  equity receiverships where the subject under receivership is insolvent; and any other proceedings for distribution of assets of  any  insolvent  debtor, whether  a  person,  partnership,  corporation  or  business association except proceedings under article seventy-four of the insurance  law  and article thirteen of the banking law.  (b)   "Liquidator"  means  any  person  administering  assets  in  any liquidation proceedings.  (c)  "Insolvent  debtor"  means  any  insolvent  person,  partnership, corporation   or   business   association   involved  in  a  liquidation proceeding.  (d) "Secured creditor" means  a  creditor  who  has  either  legal  or equitable  security  for  his  debt  upon  any property of the insolvent debtor of a nature to be liquidated and  distributed  in  a  liquidation proceeding, or a creditor to whom is owed a debt for which such security is  possessed  by  some  endorser,  surety,  or other person secondarily liable.  (e) "Creditor's sale"  includes  any  sale  effected  by  the  secured creditor  by  judicial  process  or  otherwise  under  the  terms of his contract or the applicable law for the purpose  of  realizing  upon  his security.
NY Debt & Cred L § 31 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 31 - Secured Creditor's Claim to Disclose Security.

§  31. Secured creditor's claim to disclose security. In a liquidation   proceeding every secured creditor's claim  against  the  general  assets   shall   disclose   the  nature  of  the  security.  When  in  an  equity   receivership it is determined that the  subject  under  receivership  is   insolvent,  secured  creditors having claims on file which do not comply   with this section shall make disclosure within a time to be fixed by the   court.
NY Debt & Cred L § 32 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 32 - Effect of Concealment.

§  32.  Effect of concealment. Any secured creditor who with intent to   evade the provisions of this article fails to disclose the existence  of   the security shall not be entitled to receive or retain dividends out of   the  general  assets, unless he thereafter releases or surrenders to the   liquidator the security which he has failed to disclose,  or  unless  he   procures  such release or surrender if the security is in the possession   of an indorser, surety, or  other  person  secondarily  liable  for  the   insolvent debtor.
NY Debt & Cred L § 33 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 33 - Value of Security Credited Upon Claims.

§  33.  Value  of  security  credited  upon  claims. Dividends paid to   secured creditors shall be computed only upon the balance due after  the   value  of all security not exempt from the claims of unsecured creditors   and not released or surrendered to the  liquidator,  is  determined  and   credited upon the claim secured by it.
NY Debt & Cred L § 34 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 34 - Determination of Value by Secured Creditor.

§  34. Determination of value by secured creditor. The value of assets constituting the security may be determined  by  one  of  the  following methods by the secured creditor:  (1)  By  collection.  When  the  asset constituting the security is an obligation for the payment of money, the secured creditor may  determine its  value  by collection or by exhausting his remedies thereon and then surrendering the obligation to the liquidator.  (2) By creditor's sale. When the asset constituting  the  security  is something other than an obligation for the payment of money, the secured creditor may determine its value by creditor's sale.
NY Debt & Cred L § 35 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 35 - Alternative Determinations of Value.

§  35.  Alternative determinations of value. Where valuation under the provisions of section thirty-four is impracticable or would cause  undue delay,  the  court,  upon petition by either the secured creditor or the liquidator, may order the value of the security determined by any of the following methods:  (1) By compromise, if the secured creditor and  the  liquidator  agree upon  a  value.  The liquidator may redeem such assets by payment of the agreed value, if authorized by the court.  (2) By litigation, through proceedings in the liquidation  proceeding. The liquidator may redeem such assets by paying the value so determined, if authorized by the court.  (3)  By  liquidator's  sale  of  the  assets which, when completed and approved by the court, shall pass to the purchaser good title, free  and clear of all liens of the secured creditor, such liens to be transferred to the proceeds of the sale. The order of the sale may be either  (a)  Conditional, requiring the sale to be made by the liquidator only if the secured creditor does not complete a determination by  collection or  creditor's  sale as set forth in section thirty-four of this article within a time fixed by the court; or  (b) Absolute, requiring the sale to be made by the  liquidator  within the time fixed by the court.
NY Debt & Cred L § 36 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 36 - Exempt Security Not Credited.

§  36.  Exempt  security  not credited. When any creditor has legal or   equitable security upon assets which are exempt  from  process  for  the   satisfaction  of  unsecured  debts and are duly claimed as exempt by the   insolvent debtor, the value of such security shall not be credited  upon   the  claim.  Amounts  realized  by the creditor from such security after   liquidation proceedings are begun  shall  be  disregarded  in  computing   dividends,  unless  the  dividend  so  computed exceeds the sum actually   owing upon the claim, in which event only  the  amount  owing  shall  be   paid.
NY Debt & Cred L § 37 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 37 - Constitutionality.

§  37.  Constitutionality.  If  any  provision  of this article or the   application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid,  the   invalidity  shall  not  affect  other provisions or applications thereof   which can be given effect without the invalid provision or  application,   and  to  this  end  the  provisions  of  this article are declared to be   severable.
NY Debt & Cred L § 38 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 2-A - Secured Creditors 38 - Uniformity of Interpretation.

§   38.  Uniformity  of  interpretation.  This  article  shall  be  so   interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose  to  make   uniform the law of those states which enact it.
NY Debt & Cred L § 50 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 50 - Who May Be Discharged.

§ 50. Who may be discharged. An insolvent debtor, who is a resident of   the state at the time of presenting his petition, may be discharged from   his debts, as prescribed in this article.
NY Debt & Cred L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 51 - To What Court Application to Be Made.

§  51.  To  what  court application to be made. Application for such a   discharge must be made, by the petition of the insolvent,  addressed  to   the county court of the county in which he resides; or, if he resides in   the city of New York, to the supreme court.
NY Debt & Cred L § 52 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 52 - Contents of Petition.

§  52.  Contents of petition. The petition must be in writing; it must   be signed by the insolvent, and  specify  his  residence;  it  must  set   forth,  in  substance,  that  he is unable to pay all his debts in full;   that he is willing to assign his property for the  benefit  of  all  his   creditors,  and, in all other respects, to comply with the provisions of   this article, for the purpose of being discharged from his debts; and it   must pray that, upon his so doing, he may be discharged accordingly.  It   must  be  verified  by  the affidavit of the insolvent, annexed thereto,   taken on the day of the presentation thereof, to the  effect,  that  the   petition is in all respects true, in matter of fact.
NY Debt & Cred L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 53 - Consent of Creditors to Be Annexed.

§ 53. Consent of creditors to be annexed. The petitioner must annex to   his petition one or more written instruments, executed by one or more of   his  creditors, residing in the United States, having debts owing to him   or them in good faith, then due  or  thereafter  to  become  due,  which   amount  to  not  less  than  two-thirds  of  all the debts, owing by the   petitioner  to  creditors  residing  within  the  United  States.   Each   instrument  must  be  to  the  effect,  that  the person or corporation,   executing it, consents to the  discharge  of  the  petitioner  from  his   debts, upon his complying with the provisions of this article.
NY Debt & Cred L § 54 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 54 - Consent of Executor, Administrator, Receiver, or Trustee.

§  54.  Consent  of  executor, administrator, receiver, or trustee. An   executor or administrator may become a consenting  creditor,  under  the   order of the surrogate's court from which his letters issued. A trustee,   official  assignee,  or  receiver  of  the property of a creditor of the   petitioner, whether created by  operation  of  law  or  by  the  act  of   parties,  may become a consenting creditor, under the order of a justice   of the supreme court. A person who becomes  a  consenting  creditor,  as   prescribed  in  this  section,  is  chargeable only for the sum which he   actually receives, as a dividend of the insolvent's property.
NY Debt & Cred L § 55 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 55 - Consent of Corporation or Joint-Stock Association.

§  55.  Consent  of  corporation  or  joint-stock association. Where a   corporation or joint-stock association becomes  a  consenting  creditor,   its  consent must be executed under its common seal, and may be attested   by any director or other  officer  thereof,  duly  authorized  for  that   purpose;  who  may  make  any  affidavit,  required of a creditor in the   proceedings.
NY Debt & Cred L § 56 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 56 - Consent of Partnership.

§ 56. Consent of partnership. Where a partnership becomes a consenting   creditor,  the consent may be executed in its behalf, and any affidavit,   required of a creditor in the proceedings, may be made, by either of the   partners.
NY Debt & Cred L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 57 - Effect of Consent Where Petitioner Is a Joint Debtor.

§  57.  Effect  of  consent  where  petitioner  is  a  joint debtor. A   creditor's consent does not affect his  remedy  against  any  person  or   persons  indebted  jointly  with  the  petitioner;  and the petitioner's   discharge has the effect, as between the creditor and  the  other  joint   debtors,  of a composition between the petitioner and the creditor, made   as prescribed in title one of article fifteen of the general obligations   law.
NY Debt & Cred L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 58 - Consent of Purchaser or Assignee of Debt.

§  58.  Consent  of  purchaser or assignee of debt. Where a consenting   creditor is the purchaser or assignee of a debt against the  petitioner,   or the executor, administrator, trustee, or receiver of such a purchaser   or  assignee, he is deemed, for all the purposes of this article, except   as to the declaration and receipt of dividends, a creditor only  to  the   amount,  actually and in good faith paid for the debt, by him, or by the   decedent or other person, from whom  he  derives  title,  and  remaining   uncollected.  This section is not affected by the recovery of a judgment   for the debt, after the purchase or assignment; but in  that  case,  the   consenting  creditor  may include the uncollected costs, as if they were   part of the sum paid for the debt.
NY Debt & Cred L § 59 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 59 - Consenting Creditor Must Relinquish Security.

§  59.  Consenting  creditor  must relinquish security. A creditor who   has, in his own name, or in trust for  him,  a  mortgage,  judgment,  or   other security, for the payment of a sum of money, which is a lien upon,   or  otherwise  affects,  real  or  personal  property  belonging  to the   petitioner, or transferred by him since the  lien  was  created,  cannot   become  a  consenting  creditor,  with  respect  to the debt so secured,   unless he adds to or includes in his  consent,  a  written  declaration,   under  his  hand,  to  the  effect,  that  he relinquishes the mortgage,   judgment, or other security, so far as it affects that property, to  the   trustee to be appointed pursuant to the petition, for the benefit of all   the  creditors.  Such  a  declaration  operates,  to  that extent, as an   assignment to the trustee, of the mortgage, judgment, or other security;   and vests  in  him  accordingly  all  the  right  and  interest  of  the   consenting creditor therein.
NY Debt & Cred L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 60 - Penalty if Creditor Swears Falsely.

§  60.  Penalty  if  creditor  swears falsely. If a creditor knowingly   swears,  in  any  proceedings  authorized  by  this  article,  that  the   petitioner is, or will become, indebted to him, in a sum of money, which   is not really due, or thereafter to become due; or in more than the true   amount;  or  that  more  was  paid  for  a  debt, which was purchased or   assigned, than the sum, actually and in good  faith  paid  therefor;  he   forfeits to the trustee, to be recovered in an action, twice the sum, so   falsely sworn to.
NY Debt & Cred L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 61 - Affidavit of Consenting Creditor.

§ 61. Affidavit of consenting creditor. The consent of a creditor must   be accompanied with his affidavit, stating as follows:1.  That  the  petitioner  is  justly  indebted to him, or will become   indebted to him, at a future day specified therein,  in  a  sum  therein   specified;  and,  if he, or the person from whom he derives title, is or   was the purchaser or assignee of the debt, he must also specify the sum,   actually and in good faith paid for the debt, as prescribed  in  section   fifty-eight of this chapter.2.  The  nature  of  the  demand,  and  whether  it arose upon written   security, or otherwise, with the general ground or consideration of  the   indebtedness.3.  That  neither he, nor any person to his use, has received from the   petitioner, or from any other person, payment of a demand, or  any  part   thereof,  in  money  or  in  any other way, or any gift or reward of any   kind, upon an express or implied trust,  confidence,  or  understanding,   that he should consent to the discharge of the petitioner.Where  a  consenting  creditor is an executor, administrator, trustee,   receiver, or  assignee,  he  may  state  the  necessary  facts,  in  his   affidavit,  upon  information  and  belief,  setting  forth  therein the   grounds of his belief; but in  that  case,  the  consent  must  also  be   accompanied with the affidavit of the insolvent, to the effect, that all   the  matters of fact stated in the affidavit of the consenting creditor,   are true.
NY Debt & Cred L § 62 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 62 - When Non-Resident Creditor to Annex Accounts and Securities.

§  62.  When non-resident creditor to annex accounts and securities. A   consenting creditor, residing without the state, and within  the  United   States, must annex to his consent the original accounts, or sworn copies   thereof,  and  the  original specialties or other written securities, if   any, upon which his demand arose or  depends.  Provided,  however,  that   when  such  original specialties, or other written securities, are lost,   such fact must be stated as  a  reason  for  not  annexing  thereto  the   consent,  and  the  fact of the loss, and the manner of the loss thereof   must be stated in the affidavit of the  creditor  to  the  best  of  his   knowledge,  or must be otherwise proved by affidavit to the satisfaction   of the court; and the court may thereupon, in such case  or  proceeding,   by its order, dispense with the annexing to such consent of the original   specialties or other written securities.
NY Debt & Cred L § 63 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 3 - Insolvent's Discharge From Debts 63 - Petitioner's Schedule.

§ 63. Petitioner's schedule. The petitioner must annex to his petition   a schedule, containing:1. A full and true account of all his creditors.2.  A  statement  of the place of residence of each creditor, if it is   known; or, if it is not known, a statement of that fact.3. A statement of the sum which he owes  to  each  creditor,  and  the   nature  of  each debt or demand, whether arising on written security, on   account, or otherwise.4. A statement of the true cause and consideration of his indebtedness   to each creditor, and the place where the indebtedness accrued.5. A statement of any existing judgment, mortgage,  or  collateral  or   other security, for the payment of the debt.6. A full and true inventory of all his property, in law or in equity,   of  the  incumbrances  existing thereon, and of all the books, vouchers,   and securities, relating thereto.