Sec. 6. Where valuation under the provisions of section 5 of this chapter 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.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 30-2-7-6

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Liquidator: means any person administering assets in any liquidation proceeding as defined in this chapter. See Indiana Code 30-2-7-1
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • 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 indorser, surety, or other person secondarily liable. See Indiana Code 30-2-7-1
(2) By litigation, through proceedings in the liquidation proceedings. 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 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 5 of this chapter within a time fixed by the court; or

(b) absolute, requiring the sale to be made by the liquidator within a time fixed by the court.

Provided, that subdivision (3) shall not apply to security upon real estate or insolvent decedents’ estates administered by the court.

Formerly: Acts 1941, c.50, s.6. As amended by Acts 1982, P.L.171, SEC.108.

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