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Title XXVII DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONS

Chapter 428

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  428.009.  Definitions. — As used in sections 428.005 to 428.059, the following terms mean:

  (1)  "Affiliate":

  (a)  A person who directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, twenty percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities,

  (i)  As a fiduciary or agent without sole discretionary power to vote the securities; or

  (ii)  Solely to secure a debt, if the person has not exercised the power to vote;

  (b)  A corporation twenty percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, by the debtor or a person who directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds, with power to vote, twenty percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities,

  (i)  As fiduciary or agent without sole power to vote the securities; or

  (ii)  Solely to secure a debt, if the person has not in fact exercised the power to vote;

  (c)  A person whose business is operated by the debtor under a lease or other agreement, or a person substantially all of whose assets are controlled by the debtor; or

  (d)  A person who operates the debtor's business under a lease or other agreement or controls substantially all of the debtor's assets.

  (2)  "Asset", property of a debtor, but the term does not include:

  (a)  Property to the extent it is encumbered by a valid lien;

  (b)  Property to the extent it is generally exempt under nonbankruptcy law; or

  (c)  An interest in property held in tenancy by the entireties to the extent it is not subject to process by a creditor holding a claim against only one tenant.

  (3)  "Claim", a right to payment, whether or not the right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured.

  (4)  "Creditor", a person who has a claim.

  (5)  "Debt", liability on a claim.

  (6)  "Debtor", a person who is liable on a claim.

  (7)  "Insider" includes:

  (a)  If the debtor is an individual,

  a.  A relative of the debtor or of a general partner of the debtor;

  b.  A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;

  c.  A general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph b; or

  d.  A corporation of which the debtor is a director, officer, or person in control;

  (b)  If the debtor is a corporation,

  a.  A director of the debtor;

  b.  An officer of the debtor;

  c.  A person in control of the debtor;

  d.  A partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;

  e.  A general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph d; or

  f.  A relative of a general partner, director, officer, or person in control of the debtor;

  (c)  If the debtor is a partnership,

  a.  A general partner in the debtor;

  b.  A relative of a general partner in, a general partner of, or a person in control of the debtor;

  c.  Another partnership in which the debtor is a general partner;

  d.  A general partner in a partnership described in subparagraph c; or

  e.  A person in control of the debtor;

  (d)  An affiliate, or an insider of an affiliate as if the affiliate were the debtor; and

  (e)  A managing agent of the debtor.

  (8)  "Lien", a charge against or an interest in property to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation, and includes a security interest created by agreement, a judicial lien obtained by legal or equitable process or proceedings, a common-law lien, or a statutory lien.

  (9)  "Person", an individual, partnership, corporation, association, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, or any other legal or commercial entity.

  (10)  "Property", anything that may be the subject of ownership.

  (11)  "Relative", an individual related by consanguinity within the third degree as determined by the common law, a spouse, or an individual related to a spouse within the third degree as so determined, and includes an individual in an adoptive relationship within the third degree.

  (12)  "Transfer", every mode, direct or indirect, absolute or conditional, voluntary or involuntary, of disposing of or parting with an asset or an interest in an asset, and includes payment of money, release, lease, and creation of a lien or other encumbrance.

  (13)  "Valid lien", a lien that is effective against the holder of a judicial lien subsequently obtained by legal or equitable process or proceedings.

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(L. 1992 S.B. 448)


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