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NY Debt & Cred L § 188 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 188 - Preferred Debts.

§ 188. Preferred debts. They shall pay all debts due by such debtor to   the  United States, and all debts due by him to persons who, by the laws   of the United States, have a preference in consequence  of  having  paid   money as sureties of such debtor.
NY Debt & Cred L § 189 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 189 - Distribution of Moneys.

§  189.  Distribution  of moneys. They shall distribute the residue of   the moneys in their hands, among all  those  who  shall  have  exhibited   their  claims as creditors, and whose debts shall have been ascertained,   in proportion to  their  respective  demands,  and  without  giving  any   preference to debts due on specialties, as follows:1. In proceedings under the third and fourth articles of this chapter,   among  those  who  were  creditors  at  the time of the execution of the   assignment by the insolvent;2. In proceedings under the fifth article, among those  creditors,  at   whose  suit  the  debtor  was imprisoned on execution at the time of his   discharge.
NY Debt & Cred L § 190 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 190 - Preference of Debts Owing by Debtor as Trustee.

§  190. Preference of debts owing by debtor as trustee. In making such   distribution, the trustees shall first pay all debts that may  be  owing   by  the  debtor  as guardian, executor, administrator or trustee; and if   there be not  sufficient  to  pay  all  debts  of  the  character  above   specified,  then  a distribution shall be made among them, in proportion   to their amounts respectively.
NY Debt & Cred L § 191 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 191 - Payment of Debts Before Maturity.

§  191.  Payment  of  debts  before  maturity.  Every person to whom a   debtor, except one proceeding under the fifth article, shall be indebted   on a valuable consideration, for any sum of money not due at the time of   such distribution, but payable afterwards, shall receive his  proportion   with  other  creditors,  after deducting a rebate of legal interest upon   the sum distributed, for the time unexpired of such credit.
NY Debt & Cred L § 192 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 192 - Set-Off of Mutual Debts or Credits.

§  192.  Set-off  of  mutual debts or credits. Where mutual credit has   been given by any debtor, except a debtor  proceeding  under  the  fifth   article  of  this  chapter,  and  any other person, or mutual debts have   subsisted between such debtor and any other person, the trustees may set   off such credits or debts, and pay the proportion or receive the balance   due. But no set-off shall be allowed of any claim or debt,  which  would   not have been entitled to a dividend as hereinbefore directed.
NY Debt & Cred L § 193 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 193 - No Set-Off in Certain Cases.

§  193.  No  set-off  in certain cases. No set-off shall be allowed by   such trustees, of any claim or debt, which shall have been purchased by,   or transferred to, the person claiming its allowance,  which  could  not   have  been  set off by him, according to the provisions of this article,   in a suit brought by such trustees.
NY Debt & Cred L § 194 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 194 - Provision for Pending Actions.

§  194. Provision for pending actions. If, at the time any dividend is   made, any action or proceeding be pending against the trustees, in which   a demand against such debtor may be established, the trustees may retain   in their hands, the proportion which would  belong  to  such  demand  if   established,  and  the  necessary  costs  and expenses of such action or   proceeding, to be applied according to the event of such  proceeding  or   action, or to be distributed in a second or other dividend.
NY Debt & Cred L § 194-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 194-A - Provision for Contingent or Unliquidated Liabilities.

§  194-a. Provision for contingent or unliquidated liabilities. If, at   the  time  any  dividend  is  made,  there  shall  be  a  contingent  or   unliquidated   claim   against   the  debtor  or  an  outstanding  bond,   recognizance or undertaking  upon  which  the  debtor  shall  have  been   principal, surety or indemnitor, the trustees must retain in their hands   for  such  period  or  periods  as  the court having jurisdiction of the   matter may by order direct a sum of money sufficient to  pay  a  due  or   equal  proportion  of said dividend upon such contingent or unliquidated   claim or liability if  and  when  the  same  shall  be  established  and   liquidated.
NY Debt & Cred L § 195 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 195 - Penalties Recovered.

§  195. Penalties recovered. All penalties which shall be recovered by   any trustees, pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  article,  shall  be   deemed  a  part of the estate of the debtor, and shall be distributed as   such among his creditors.
NY Debt & Cred L § 196 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 196 - Subsequent Dividends.

§  196.  Subsequent dividends. If the whole of such debtor's estate be   not distributed on the first dividend, the trustees  shall,  within  one   year  thereafter,  make a second dividend of all the moneys belonging to   the estate of the debtor, then  in  their  hands,  among  the  creditors   entitled  thereto as hereinbefore specified; and in the same manner from   year to year, so long as any moneys belonging  to  the  estate  of  such   debtor  shall  remain  in  the  hands of the trustees, they shall make a   dividend thereof among the creditors entitled thereto.
NY Debt & Cred L § 197 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 197 - Provision for Neglectful Creditors.

§ 197. Provision for neglectful creditors. Any creditor who shall have   neglected  to  deliver  to the trustees an account of his demand, before   the first, second, third or other dividend, and who  shall  deliver  his   account  to  them before the second, or other subsequent dividend, shall   receive the sum he would have been entitled to, on any former  dividend,   before any distribution be made to other creditors.
NY Debt & Cred L § 198 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 198 - Unclaimed Dividends.

§  198.  Unclaimed  dividends.  If  any  dividend that shall have been   declared, shall remain unclaimed by the person entitled thereto for  one   year  after  the  same  was  declared, the trustees shall consider it as   relinquished, and shall distribute it, on any subsequent dividend, among   the other creditors.
NY Debt & Cred L § 199 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 199 - Disposition of Surplus.

§  199.  Disposition  of  surplus. If after settling the estate of any   debtor, and after discharging his debts, entitled  to  a  dividend,  any   surplus  shall  remain  in  the hands of his trustees, the same shall be   paid to such debtor or his legal representatives.
NY Debt & Cred L § 200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 200 - Allowance to Debtor.

§ 200. Allowance to debtor. Every debtor who shall be discharged under   the third or fourth articles of this chapter shall be allowed the sum of   five  per  centum  on  the  net produce of all his estate, that shall be   received by the assignees, to be paid to him by them, in case  such  net   produce,  after  such  allowance  made,  shall  be sufficient to pay the   creditors of such debtor, entitled to a dividend,  the  sum  of  seventy   cents  on  the dollar, on the amount of their debts respectively, as the   same shall have been ascertained;  but  the  said  allowance  shall  not   exceed in the whole, the sum of five hundred dollars.
NY Debt & Cred L § 201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 201 - Accounting by Trustees.

§ 201. Accounting by trustees. Within ten days after any dividend made   by  any  trustees,  they shall render on oath and file with the clerk of   the court where the order appointing them  was  entered  an  account  in   writing of all their proceedings in the premises, stating:1. Their disbursements, commissions and the dividends made by them;2.  The  names  and residences of the creditors to whom dividends were   made, and the names of those actually receiving them;3. The property, moneys and effects of the debtor remaining  in  their   hands, and the value and situation of such property.And  such  trustees  may  at  any time be compelled by an order of the   supreme court, or of the county  court  of  the  county  in  which  they   reside,  to  render  such  account  on  oath,  on the application of the   debtor, or of any creditor.
NY Debt & Cred L § 202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 202 - Trustees Subject to Order of Court.

§  202.  Trustees  subject  to  order of court. Such trustees shall be   subject to the order of the supreme court, and of the  county  court  of   the  county  in  which  they were appointed, upon the application of any   creditor, or of any debtor in respect to whom they  were  appointed,  in   relation  to  the  execution of any of the powers and duties confided to   them; and they may be removed by such court, for cause shown.
NY Debt & Cred L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 203 - Appointment of Substitute Trustee.

§  203.  Appointment of substitute trustee. Whenever any trustee shall   be removed, or shall die, or become incapacitated to perform his duties,   the court which originally appointed such trustee, after giving  notice,   and  an  opportunity  to  the  creditors  to propose proper persons, may   appoint another in  the  place  of  such  trustee,  who  shall,  in  all   respects, have the like powers and authority, and be subject to the same   control,  obligations  and  responsibilities;  and  the said appointment   shall be  certified  and  recorded,  as  the  original  appointment  was   required to be recorded.
NY Debt & Cred L § 204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 204 - Application by Trustee for Leave to Renounce.

§  204.  Application  by  trustee  for  leave to renounce. Any trustee   appointed pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  chapter  who  shall  be   desirous  of  renouncing the trust vested in him, may apply to the court   from whom his appointment was received, for  an  order  to  all  persons   interested, to show cause why such renunciation should not be accepted.
NY Debt & Cred L § 205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 205 - Account Upon Application.

§ 205. Account upon application. Such application shall be accompanied   by  a  full,  true  and  just  account  of  all the transactions of such   trustees, in that character, and particularly of  the  property,  moneys   and  effects received by him; of all payments made, whether to creditors   or otherwise; and of the remaining effects and estate of the debtor,  in   respect  to  whom, or whose estate, he was appointed trustee, within his   knowledge, and the situation of the same.
NY Debt & Cred L § 206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 206 - Verification of Account.

§  206.  Verification of account. To such account shall be annexed the   affidavit of the trustee, that the said account is in all respects  just   and true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.
NY Debt & Cred L § 207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 207 - Order to Show Cause.

§  207. Order to show cause. The court shall thereupon grant an order,   directing notice to be given to all persons interested in the estate  of   the  debtor,  in  respect  to  whom  or  whose  estate  such trustee was   appointed, to show cause on a day, or at a term and at a  place  therein   to  be  specified,  why  he  should  not  be  permitted  to renounce his   appointment.
NY Debt & Cred L § 208 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 208 - Publication of Notice.

§  208. Publication of notice. Such notice shall be published, once in   each week, for four weeks successively,  in  such  newspapers,  as  such   court shall direct.
NY Debt & Cred L § 209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 209 - Hearing.

§  209.  Hearing.  On  the day appointed for such hearing, and on such   other days as shall from time to time be appointed, if it  shall  appear   that  notice  was  duly  published,  the court shall proceed to hear the   proofs and allegations of the parties.
NY Debt & Cred L § 210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 210 - Order Permitting Renunciation.

§  210.  Order  permitting  renunciation.  If it shall appear that the   proceedings of such trustee, in relation to his trust,  have  been  fair   and honest, and particularly in the collection of the property and debts   vested  in  him; and if such court be satisfied, that for any reason, it   is inexpedient for such trustee to continue  in  the  execution  of  the   duties  of  his  appointment,  and  that  such duties can be executed by   another trustee, without injury to the estate of the debtor, or  to  the   creditors;  and if no good cause to the contrary appear, the court shall   grant an order, allowing such trustee to renounce his  appointment,  and   to assign the property and effects of the debtor.
NY Debt & Cred L § 211 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 211 - Assignment by Renouncing Trustee.

§  211.  Assignment  by  renouncing  trustee. Such assignment shall be   executed by such trustee, to such person, or persons, as the court shall   appoint for that purpose; and in the appointment, such persons as  shall   have  been  named to be assignees by the creditors of such debtor, or by   the major part of them, shall be preferred, if approved by such court.
NY Debt & Cred L § 212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 212 - Effect of Assignment.

§  212.  Effect  of  assignment. Such assignment shall transfer to the   persons to whom it shall be made, all the remaining estate and  effects,   vested  in  the  trustee so renouncing; and such new assignee shall have   the same powers, be subject to the same duties, and be entitled  to  the   same  compensation, as the original trustee; and shall continue any suit   that may have been commenced by such original trustee, in his  name,  or   in that of such new assignee.
NY Debt & Cred L § 213 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 213 - Order for Discharge of Trustee From Trust.

§  213.  Order  for discharge of trustee from trust. Upon producing to   the court allowing such assignment, the  certificate  of  the  assignee,   duly  proved  by the oath of a subscribing witness, that such assignment   has been duly made, and the property capable of delivery,  belonging  to   such  debtor,  together  with  all  the  books,  vouchers and documents,   relating to the estate of such debtor, has been duly delivered; and also   a certificate of  the  county  clerk,  that  such  assignment  has  been   recorded;  such  court  shall grant to the trustee so applying, an order   that he be discharged from his trust.
NY Debt & Cred L § 214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 214 - Effect of Order.

§  214.  Effect  of order. Upon such order being granted, such trustee   shall be discharged from the trust reposed in him,  and  his  power  and   authority  shall  thereupon cease; but he shall, notwithstanding, remain   subject to any liability he may have incurred, at any time  previous  to   the granting of such order, in the management of his trust.
NY Debt & Cred L § 215 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 215 - Recording Order and Filing Papers.

§  215.  Recording  order and filing papers. Such new assignment, upon   being duly proved or acknowledged, shall be recorded in  the  office  of   the  clerk of the county where the order appointing the original trustee   was entered;  and  the  petition  of  the  trustee,  the  affidavit  and   proceedings  thereon, with the certificate of the new assignee, shall be   filed in the same office.
NY Debt & Cred L § 216 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 216 - Payment of Expense of Renunciation.

§  216.  Payment  of  expense  of  renunciation.  The  expense  of all   proceedings in effecting such renunciation and assignment, shall be paid   by the trustee making the application.
NY Debt & Cred L § 217 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 217 - New Trustee in Place of One Absent.

§  217.  New  trustee  in  place  of  one absent. Whenever any trustee   appointed under any authority conferred by  any  of  the  provisions  of   articles  three,  four  or  five  of this chapter, shall remove from and   continue to reside out of this state for one year, it  shall  be  lawful   for  the  court  which  originally  appointed such trustee, after giving   notice and an opportunity to the creditors to propose proper persons, to   appoint another person in the place of such trustee.
NY Debt & Cred L § 218 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 7 - Trustees for Insolvent and Imprisoned Debtors 218 - Powers and Duties of New Trustee.

§  218. Powers and duties of new trustee. The trustee appointed in the   place of the trustee so removed shall in  all  respects  have  the  like   powers  and  authority,  and be subject to the same control, obligations   and responsibilities  as  the  trustee  originally  appointed;  and  the   appointment  of  such  trustee  shall  be  certified and recorded as the   original appointment was required to be recorded.
NY Debt & Cred L § 250 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 9 - Payment of Debts of Incompetent Person or Conservatee 250 - Notice to Creditors of Incompetent Person or Conservatee.

§  250.  Notice  to  creditors of incompetent person or conservatee. A   court exercising jurisdiction over the property of an incompetent person   or conservatee may, upon the petition of a committee of the property  of   such  incompetent  person  or of the conservator of the property of such   conservatee, authorize him to advertise for creditors and other  persons   interested  in  such  estate,  to  present  to him their claims with the   vouchers thereof, duly verified, and naming  a  post-office  address  at   which  papers may be served on them by mail, as hereinafter provided, on   or before a day to be specified in such  advertisement,  not  less  than   thirty  days  from  the last publication thereof, which advertisement or   notice shall be published in two newspapers  to  be  designated  by  the   court  as  most  likely  to give notice to the persons to be served, not   less than once a week for four successive weeks,  and  a  copy  of  such   notice  securely  inclosed in a post-paid wrapper, shall be deposited in   the  post-office  in  the  village  or  city  where  such  committee  or   conservator  resides,  addressed to each person interested in the estate   of such incompetent person or conservatee  who  shall  appear  from  the   books  or  papers  of  such  incompetent  person  or  conservatee  to be   interested in said estate, or who shall be known to  said  committee  or   conservator  to  be  so interested, at the proper post-office address of   such interested person, so far as said committee or conservator shall be   able to ascertain the same, at least  thirty  days  prior  to  the  time   limited in such notice for presentation of such claims.
NY Debt & Cred L § 251 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 9 - Payment of Debts of Incompetent Person or Conservatee 251 - Authority for Committee or Conservator to Compromise Claims.

§  251. Authority for committee or conservator to compromise claims. A   court exercising jurisdiction over the  property  of  a  person  with  a   mental  illness,  or  conservatee  may,  upon  the  application  of  the   committee of the property of such incompetent person or the  conservator   of  the  conservatee,  and for good and sufficient cause shown, and upon   such terms as it may direct, authorize the committee or  conservator  to   sell,  compromise  or compound any claim or debt belonging to the estate   of the incompetent person or conservatee. But such authority  shall  not   prevent  any party interested in the trust estate, from showing upon the   final accounting of such committee or  conservator  that  such  debt  or   claim  was  fraudulently or negligently sold, compounded or compromised.   The sale of any debt or claim heretofore made in good faith by any  such   committee  or  conservator,  shall  be  valid,  subject, however, to the   approval of the court, and the committee or conservator shall be charged   with and liable for, as a part of the trust fund, any sum which might or   ought to have been collected by him.
NY Debt & Cred L § 252 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DCD - Debtor and Creditor Article 9 - Payment of Debts of Incompetent Person or Conservatee 252 - Payment by Committee or Conservator of Claims.

§  252.  Payment by committee or conservator of claims. A committee of   the property of a person,  incompetent  by  reason  of  mental  illness,   mental  retardation  or  alcohol  abuse,  to  manage  his  affairs, or a   conservator of the property of a conservatee, may,  under  direction  of   the  court  exercising jurisdiction of such estate, after payment of the   expenses, disbursements and commissions of such trust, apply so much  of   the  funds  and  property  of said estate remaining in his hands as such   committee or conservator, as may be necessary to pay and  discharge  the   proper  claims  of  creditors  who have presented claims pursuant to the   notice in this article provided for, to the payment of such claims,  and   if the property so remaining be insufficient to pay such claims in full,   then  the  committee or conservator may distribute the same according to   law among the creditors who have presented and proved their claims as in   this article provided, and such payment, when so made in good faith  and   under   direction  of  such  court,  shall  relieve  such  committee  or   conservator and his sureties from liability to creditors who have failed   to present their claims as in this article provided.