Connecticut General Statutes 36a-227 – 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.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-227
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bank: means a Connecticut bank or a federal bank. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Client: means a beneficiary of a trust for whom the Connecticut bank acts as trustee, a person for whom the Connecticut bank acts as agent, custodian or bailee, or other person to whom a Connecticut bank owes a duty or obligation under a trust or other account administered by such Connecticut bank, regardless of whether such Connecticut bank owes a fiduciary duty to the person. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Commissioner: means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Connecticut credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in section 36a-438a, (B) operates for the benefit and general welfare of its members with the earnings, benefits or services offered being distributed to or retained for its members, and (C) is governed by a volunteer board of directors elected by and from its membership. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Depositor: includes a member of a mutual savings and loan association. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Director: means a member of the governing board of a financial institution. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Share account holder: means a person who maintains a share account in a Connecticut credit union, federal credit union or out-of-state credit union that maintains in this state a branch, as defined in section 36a-435b. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
(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.