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9 V.S.A. § 2031
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2031. Lien for labor and materials; enforcement

§ 2031. Lien for labor and materials; enforcement|A person who performs labor or furnishes materials in building, repairing, fitting, or furnishing a ship, vessel, or steamboat shall have a lien thereon for his or her wages and materials until eight months after it is completed, and may secure the same by attachment thereof. Such attachment shall have precedence of all other attachments and claims.
9 V.S.A. § 2032
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2032. Prerequisites for lien

§ 2032. Prerequisites for lien|Before such lien attaches, such person shall present a claim for his or her services performed or materials furnished and shall demand payment of the same of the owner, agent, contractor, or person in whose care such ship, vessel, or steamboat is. Upon such demand, a payment or tender of the just amount due him or her shall discharge such lien.
9 V.S.A. § 2051
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2051. Filing in town clerk's office

§ 2051. Filing in town clerk's office|Notices of liens upon real or personal property for taxes or other obligations payable to the United States of America, certificates and notices affecting the liens, and certificates discharging the liens shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of the town in this State within which the property subject to the lien is situated. (Amended 1987, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 2052
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2052. Recording of notice of lien

§ 2052. Recording of notice of lien|When a notice of a federal lien is filed, the town clerk shall forthwith record the same in alphabetical order in a book kept for that purpose with the date and hour of filing the lien. A town clerk shall keep on file in the clerk's office the notices of these liens. Liens filed under this section shall be indexed in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1153 or 1161. (Amended 1987, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
9 V.S.A. § 2053
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2053. Discharge of lien

§ 2053. Discharge of lien|When a certificate of discharge of a federal lien is filed in the office of the town clerk, the town clerk shall enter the same, with the date of filing, upon the same page of the record where the notice of the lien is filed, and permanently attach the original certificate of discharge to the original notice of the lien. (Amended 1987, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
9 V.S.A. § 2071
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2071. Liens for service of stallions

§ 2071. Liens for service of stallions|Colts foaled in this State and the mare producing the same shall be subject to a lien to secure the payment of the service fee of the stallion. Such lien shall continue in force until the colt is eight months old and may be enforced by attachment of such colt or mare at any time after the colt is four months old. Such lien shall take precedence of any other claim upon such colt, subject to the conditions of sections 2072-2074 of this title.
9 V.S.A. § 2072
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2072. Filing of statement claiming lien

§ 2072. Filing of statement claiming lien|On or before April 1, or within 30 days after such stallion is brought into such town, the owner or manager of the stallion shall annually file in the office of the clerk of the town where such stallion is kept a declaration of an intention to claim such lien and a statement containing the name and age of such stallion, his pedigree for two generations, if known, and the terms of service. A copy of such statement shall be furnished the owner of each mare served and all bills or posters advertising such stallion shall contain a copy of such statement.
9 V.S.A. § 2073
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2073. False statements in claim of lien

§ 2073. False statements in claim of lien|If the owner or manager in such statement makes a false representation regarding the pedigree of such stallion, the lien for such service shall be discharged and the service fee thereon secured shall be forfeited.
9 V.S.A. § 2074
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2074. Penalty for fraudulent sale of mare

§ 2074. Penalty for fraudulent sale of mare|When the owner or manager of a stallion has complied with the requirements of section 2072 of this title, if the owner or person in whose name a mare has been mated with such stallion for breeding purposes disposes of such mare by sale or otherwise before foaling time without first settling with the owner or manager for the service of the stallion, or within 10 days after the disposal of the mare, he or she shall be subject to the same penalties that he or she would be for disposing of a colt encumbered by a lien. If such mare is returned for trial to the stallion after three weeks from the date of the last service and found not to have become pregnant and is not again served during that breeding season, the provisions of this section shall not apply to the disposal of such mare.
9 V.S.A. § 2075
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2075. Lien for keeping or pasturing animals

§ 2075. Lien for keeping or pasturing animals|A person to whom charges are due for pasturing, boarding, or keeping domestic animals placed with the consent of the owner thereof in his or her care, if the charges become due while such animals remain in his or her possession, may retain the same until such charges are paid. After 30 days from the time the charges become due, he or she may sell such animals in the manner provided for the sale of property under a lien for repairs, if such charges remain unpaid.
9 V.S.A. § 2091
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 51 - Miscellaneous Liens|§ 2091. Attachment not waiver of implied lien

§ 2091. Attachment not waiver of implied lien|A person holding personal property by a lien implied by law to ensure the payment of the debt secured by such lien, may cause the property to be attached on mesne process and sold on execution and such attachment shall not be a waiver of the lien.
9 V.S.A. § 2151
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 53 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors|§ 2151. Nature and form of assignment

§ 2151. Nature and form of assignment|An assignment of property, including choses in action, by a debtor for the benefit of creditors shall be in writing and signed by the debtor. If real estate is assigned, it shall be by deed, executed and recorded in the same manner as a conveyance of real estate. Such assignment shall be for the benefit of all the creditors of the assignor in proportion to their respective claims. An assignment shall not be valid against a creditor of the assignor if the assignee is a creditor or interested in the provisions of the assignment.
9 V.S.A. § 2152
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 53 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors|§ 2152. Schedule; list of creditors

§ 2152. Schedule; list of creditors|Assignments shall be specific and accompanied by a full inventory or schedule of the property assigned, including choses in action, and with a list of the creditors to be benefited by the assignment and the sums due each one as near as may be.
9 V.S.A. § 2153
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 53 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors|§ 2153. Copy of assignment to be filed

§ 2153. Copy of assignment to be filed|The assignor and assignee shall file in the clerk's office in the county where the assignor resides, and also where the property assigned is situated at the time of making such assignment, a copy of the assignment and inventory, including choses in action, and of the list of creditors to be benefited by the assignment, to remain on file for the use and inspection of persons interested.
9 V.S.A. § 2154
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 53 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors|§ 2154. Assignee's bond

§ 2154. Assignee's bond|The assignee shall execute to the Superior Court for the unit in which the assignor resides a bond with sureties to the satisfaction of such court and conditioned for the faithful performance of such trust. The assignee shall execute such bond at the time of making such assignment, and the same may be prosecuted by parties aggrieved as provided in 14 V.S.A. chapter 101, relative to bonds governed by that chapter. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 60.)
9 V.S.A. § 2155
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 53 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors|§ 2155. Failure to file copy of assignment or to execute bond

§ 2155. Failure to file copy of assignment or to execute bond|Unless such copies are filed as directed in section 2153 of this title and such bond is executed as directed in section 2154 of this title, the property so assigned shall be liable to trustee process and to attachment and execution at the suit of the creditors of the assignor, as if an assignment had not been made.
9 V.S.A. § 2156
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 53 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors|§ 2156. Assignee's duties

§ 2156. Assignee's duties|The assignee shall proceed with reasonable dispatch in the discharge of his or her trust to the completion of the same. When completed, he or she shall file with the clerk of such Superior Court a copy of the settlement of his or her trust account showing in detail how he or she has administered the trust, which account shall be verified by the oath of the assignee as a true and just account, and the same shall remain on file in such office for the inspection of the creditors of the assignor. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
9 V.S.A. § 2157
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 53 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors|§ 2157. Application to Superior judge for settlement of account by assignee

§ 2157. Application to Superior judge for settlement of account by assignee|If, in the opinion of a creditor of the assignor named in the assignment, the assignee neglects to settle his or her trust and file a copy of his or her account with the county clerk for an unreasonable length of time, such creditor may apply to a Superior judge for an order upon the assignee to settle the same and file with the clerk of such court a copy of his or her trust account verified by oath within such time as the Superior judge deems proper.
9 V.S.A. § 2158
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 53 - Assignment for Benefit of Creditors|§ 2158. Powers of Superior judge

§ 2158. Powers of Superior judge|The Superior judge may hear such application upon notice being given to the assignee, make necessary orders in the premises, and allow or refuse costs upon such application and hearing as he or she thinks equitable. He or she shall enforce the orders made by him or her according to the usages of a Superior Court and proceed against the assignee for a disobedience to the order of the Superior judge as for a contempt.
9 V.S.A. § 2286
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2286. Insolvency

§ 2286. Insolvency|(a) A debtor is insolvent if, at a fair valuation, the sum of the debtor's debts is greater than the sum of the debtor's assets.(b) A debtor who is generally not paying his or her debts as they become due other than as a result of a bona fide dispute is presumed to be insolvent. The presumption imposes on the party against which the presumption is directed the burden of proving that the nonexistence of insolvency is more probable than its existence.(c) Assets under this section do not include property that has been transferred, concealed, or removed with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors or that has been transferred in a manner making the transfer voidable under this chapter.(d) Debts under this section do not include an obligation to the extent it is secured by a valid lien on property of the debtor not included as an asset. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; amended 2017, No. 20, § 1; 2021, No. 20, § 10.)
9 V.S.A. § 2287
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2287. Value

§ 2287. Value|(a) Value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is secured or satisfied, but value does not include an unperformed promise made otherwise than in the ordinary course of the promisor's business to furnish support to the debtor or another person.(b) For the purposes of subdivision 2288(a)(2) and section 2289 of this title, a person gives a reasonably equivalent value if the person acquires an interest of the debtor in an asset pursuant to a regularly conducted, nonconclusive foreclosure sale or execution of a power of sale for the acquisition or disposition of the interest of the debtor upon default under a mortgage, deed of trust, or security agreement.(c) A transfer is made for present value if the exchange between the debtor and the transferee is intended by them to be contemporaneous and is in fact substantially contemporaneous. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)
9 V.S.A. § 2288
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2288. Transfer or obligation voidable as to present or future creditor

§ 2288. Transfer or obligation voidable as to present or future creditor|(a) A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is voidable as to a creditor, whether the creditor's claim arose before or after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation:  (1) with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the debtor; or (2) without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation, and the debtor:  (A) was engaged or was about to engage in a business or a transaction for which the remaining assets of the debtor were unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction; or (B) intended to incur, or believed or reasonably should have believed that he or she would incur, debts beyond his or her ability to pay as they became due.    (b) In determining actual intent under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, consideration may be given, among other factors, to whether:  (1) the transfer or obligation was to an insider; (2) the debtor retained possession or control of the property transferred after the transfer; (3) the transfer or obligation was disclosed or concealed; (4) before the transfer was made or obligation was incurred, the debtor had been sued or threatened with suit; (5) the transfer was of substantially all the debtor's assets; (6) the debtor absconded; (7) the debtor removed or concealed assets; (8) the value of the consideration received by the debtor was reasonably equivalent to the value of the asset transferred or the amount of the obligation incurred; (9) the debtor was insolvent or became insolvent shortly after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred; (10) the transfer occurred shortly before or shortly after a substantial debt was incurred; and (11) the debtor transferred the essential assets of the business to a lienor who transferred the assets to an insider of the debtor.   (c) A creditor making a claim for relief under subsection (a) of this section has the burden of proving the elements of the claim for relief by a preponderance of the evidence. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; amended 2017, No. 20, § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 2289
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2289. Transfer or obligation voidable as to present creditor

§ 2289. Transfer or obligation voidable as to present creditor|(a) A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is voidable as to a creditor whose claim arose before the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation and the debtor was insolvent at that time or the debtor became insolvent as a result of the transfer or obligation.(b) A transfer made by a debtor is voidable as to a creditor whose claim arose before the transfer was made if the transfer was made to an insider for an antecedent debt, the debtor was insolvent at that time, and the insider had reasonable cause to believe that the debtor was insolvent.(c) Subject to subsection 2286(b) of this title, a creditor making a claim for relief under subsection (a) or (b) of this section has the burden of proving the elements of the claim for relief by a preponderance of the evidence. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; amended 2017, No. 20, § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 2290
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2290. When transfer is made or obligation is incurred

§ 2290. When transfer is made or obligation is incurred|For the purposes of this chapter:  (1) a transfer is made:  (A) with respect to an asset that is real property other than a fixture, but including the interest of a seller or purchaser under a contract for the sale of the asset, when the transfer is so far perfected that a good-faith purchaser of the asset from the debtor against whom applicable law permits the transfer to be perfected cannot acquire an interest in the asset that is superior to the interest of the transferee; and (B) with respect to an asset that is not real property or that is a fixture, when the transfer is so far perfected that a creditor on a simple contract cannot acquire a judicial lien otherwise than under this chapter that is superior to the interest of the transferee;  (2) if applicable law permits the transfer to be perfected as provided in subdivision (1) of this section and the transfer is not so perfected before the commencement of an action for relief under this chapter, the transfer is deemed made immediately before the commencement of the action; (3) if applicable law does not permit the transfer to be perfected as provided in subdivision (1) of this section, the transfer is made when it becomes effective between the debtor and the transferee; (4) a transfer is not made until the debtor has acquired rights in the asset transferred; (5) an obligation is incurred:  (A) if oral, when it becomes effective between parties; or (B) if evidenced by a record, when the record signed by the obligor is delivered to or for the benefit of the obligee. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; amended 2017, No. 20, § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 2291
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2291. Remedies of creditor

§ 2291. Remedies of creditor|(a) In an action for relief against a transfer or obligation under this chapter, a creditor, subject to the limitations in section 2292 of this title, may obtain:  (1) avoidance of the transfer or obligation to the extent necessary to satisfy the creditor's claim; (2) an attachment or other provisional remedy against the asset transferred or other property of the transferee in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure; (3) subject to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with applicable Rules of Civil Procedure:  (A) an injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property; (B) appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee; or (C) any other relief the circumstances may require.    (b) If a creditor has obtained a judgment on a claim against the debtor, the creditor, if the court so orders, may levy execution on the asset transferred or its proceeds. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; amended 2017, No. 20, § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 2293
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2293. Extinguishment of claim for relief

§ 2293. Extinguishment of claim for relief|A claim for relief with respect to a transfer or obligation under this chapter is extinguished unless action is brought:  (1) under subdivision 2288(a)(1) of this title, not later than four years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred or, if later, not later than one year after the transfer or obligation was or could reasonably have been discovered by the claimant; (2) under subdivision 2288(a)(2) or subsection 2289(a) of this title, not later than four years after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred; (3) under subsection 2289(b) of this title, not later than one year after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred; or (4) pursuant to the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 133, subchapter 9 for a tax sale, not later than two years after the tax collector's deed is delivered to the successful bidder at the tax sale. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; amended 2017, No. 20, § 1; 2017, No. 117 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 2294
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2294. Governing law

§ 2294. Governing law|(a) In this section, the following rules determine a debtor's location:  (1) A debtor who is an individual is located at the individual's principal residence. (2) A debtor that is an organization and has only one place of business is located at its place of business. (3) A debtor that is an organization and has more than one place of business is located at its chief executive office.   (b) A claim for relief in the nature of a claim for relief under this chapter is governed by the local law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located when the transfer is made or the obligation is incurred. (Added 2017, No. 20, § 1.)
9 V.S.A. § 2295
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 9 - Commerce and Trade|Chapter 57 - Voidable Transactions and False Checks|§ 2295. Application to series organization

§ 2295. Application to series organization|(a) In this section:  (1) "Protected series" means an arrangement, however denominated, created by a series organization that, pursuant to the law under which the series organization is organized, has the characteristics set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection. (2) "Series organization" means an organization that, pursuant to the law under which it is organized, has the following characteristics:  (A) The organic record of the organization provides for creation by the organization of one or more protected series, however denominated, with respect to specified property of the organization, and for records to be maintained for each protected series that identify the property of or associated with the protected series. (B) Debt incurred or existing with respect to the activities of, or property of or associated with, a particular protected series is enforceable against the property of or associated with the protected series only, and not against the property of or associated with the organization or other protected series of the organization. (C) Debt incurred or existing with respect to the activities or property of the organization is enforceable against the property of the organization only, and not against the property of or associated with a protected series of the organization.    (b) A series organization and each protected series of the organization is a separate person for purposes of this chapter, even if for other purposes a protected series is not a person separate from the organization or other protected series of the organization. (Added 2017, No. 20, § 1.)