CT Gen Stat § 36a-227. (Formerly Sec. 36-40) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 36a - The Banking Law of Connecticut|Chapter 664c - Fundamental Changes Involving Banks, Branches, Automated Teller Machines, Virtual Banking and Bank Holding Companies|Section 36a-227. (Formerly Sec. 36-40) - Dissolution of attachments and levies. Posting of notice of injunction or appointment of receiver.

 (a) All attachments of, or against, the estate of any Connecticut bank or Connecticut credit union, made within sixty days of the date of filing of any complaint seeking the appointment of a receiver pursuant to sections 36a-215 to 36a-239, inclusive, and all levies of execution upon the estate thereof not completed within such time period, except such levies made in pursuance of attachments which are not hereby invalidated, shall be dissolved, upon the appointment of a receiver.(b) Immediately after the granting of an injunction or appointment of a receiver pursuant to sections 36a-215 to 36a-239, inclusive, the commissioner shall place a notice of such injunction or appointment at the main entrance of the bank or credit union and thereafter no judgment lien, attachment lien or any voluntary lien shall attach to any asset of such bank or credit union. No director, officer, member of senior management, as defined in section 36a-435b, or agent of such bank or credit union shall thereafter have the authority to act on behalf of such bank or credit union or to convey, transfer, assign, pledge, mortgage or encumber any assets of such bank or credit union. Any attempt by any director, officer, member of senior management or agent of such bank or credit union to convey, transfer, assign, pledge, mortgage or encumber any asset of such bank or credit union or to create any lien on such bank or credit union or to prefer any depositor, share account holder, client or creditor of such bank or credit union after the posting of such notice or in contemplation thereof shall be void. A correspondent bank of a bank or credit union in receivership may not pay an item drawn on the account of such bank or credit union that is presented for payment after the correspondent has received actual notice of the granting of the injunction or appointment of the receiver unless it previously certified the item for payment.(1949 Rev., S. 5765; P.A. 76-2, S. 2, 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 161, 587, 610; P.A. 78-121, S. 27, 113; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-65, S. 23; P.A. 94-122, S. 102, 340; P.A. 02-73, S. 17; P.A. 04-136, S. 19.)History: P.A. 76-2 included savings banks in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re notice of injunction or appointment and effect of notice; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced bank commissioner with banking commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-121 removed private bankers and building associations from purview of section; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9 “banking commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner of banking”); P.A. 88-65 deleted references to industrial banks; P.A. 94-122 made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-40 transferred to Sec. 36a-227 in 1995; P.A. 02-73 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding provisions making section applicable to Connecticut credit unions, members of senior management and share account holders; P.A. 04-136 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to incorporate references to Secs. 36a-221a, 36a-226a and 36a-237f to 36a-237h, inclusive, and inserted in Subsec. (b) reference to “client” and provision prohibiting correspondent bank of a bank or credit union in receivership from paying item drawn on the account of such bank or credit union that is presented for payment after correspondent has received actual notice of granting of injunction or appointment of receiver unless it previously certified the item for payment, effective May 12, 2004.