DebtorCreditor Flashcards
Define: Debtor Creditor Unsecured Creditor Unsecured Debtor In personam In rem Secured credit Secured Creditor Security Interest Security Agreement
Debtor – person who owes the obligation.
Creditor – person who is owed the obligation.
Unsecured creditor – only has debtor’s promise to pay.
Unsecured debt – debtor has personal obligation to pay.
In personam = personal obligation
In rem = an obligation secured by a thing (usually personal property or real property.)
Secured credit – extend credit collateralized by property.
Secured creditor – creditor who can collect from debtor against property.
Security interest – secured creditor’s interest in subject property. Vol. lien where exchange credit for prop./services
Sec. Agree - requires authentication
Creation of Security Interest elements
- Creation
- Perfection
- Enforcement
Collecting Debt: Unsecured Debt Collection
seller not paid for good must sue in order to get paid; cannot take good back b/c is conversions since no rights in goods
Collecting Debts Judicially: Judicial Lien, writ of execution, writ of garnishment, sheriff’s sale, Judgment Deb. examination, public records
JL-file lein in county where debtor owns prop.; good for 10y; must file continuance to extend 10 more
WoE-Sheriff seizes & Deb. sells it; insurance proceeds not subject
WoG-lein on debts owed to debtor; can seize obligation for 3p to pay
SS-after WoE; places notice in paper then sells it
JDE-dep./interrog. asking about deb. assets
PR-if all else fails, check records for assets to place lien on
Collecting Debts through Bankruptcy
Debtor has more debt than assets; once files, there is automatic say and creditors can no longer attempt to collect; trustee appointed; secured creditors paid before unsecured creditors; only discharges personal obligations
Collecting Debt through Liens & Types
security interest placed on property in order to secure payment of a debt.
Types:
Real Estate - subject to conveyance even with a bankruptcy present
Personal Property -
Mechanic’s Lien - doing work on real property; can place lien on prop. until paid; must do so within 30d completed work & has 90d to sue/enforce
Define Collateral?
How to distinguish between diff. collateral?
property that is subject to the security interest.
Distinguish:
purpose & use
actual use, not how they are normally used
travels in skies and navigable waterways then federal law preempts
Three types of Collateral
Tangible Goods
Quasi-Intangible Goods
Wholly Intangible
Define Tangible Goods
All things that are moveable including consumer goods, farm products, inventory and equipment.
Farming Products
goods of a debtor who is engaging in a farming operation, which include crops (grown, growing, not planted yet), livestock (born or unborn), supplies used or produced in a farming operation, or the products of livestock or crops. Trees are not farm products until cut; before then fixtures
Inventory
Goods, other than farm products, that are held for sale or lease.
Raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in business
Consumer Goods
Goods that are used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes
Equipment
Goods other than inventory, farm products, or consumer goods
A painting can be inventory, equipment, or a consumer good, depending on how it is used. Describe How!
If you sell art and you plan to sell this one – Inventory;
If you buy it to hang up in your home – Consumer Goods;
If you buy it to hang up in your office – Equipment.
Define Quasi-Intangible
Types
object, such as paper, that representation obligation owed to the person owning or possessing the paper, but where the paper itself has no value Chattel Paper (record evidencing monetary obligation & SI in goods); Document (Doc. of Title or Warehouse receipt); Instrument (NI)
Define Intangible Goods & Types
Valuable types of collateral that have no physical form.
Accounts(Receivable,Deposit); General Intangible (Liquor license, water permits, Intellectual Property Rights); Investment Property (securities, sec. accounts, commodities or comm. accounts)
Changing collateral over time:
A sells a tractor to B and takes collateral in farming products and equipment. B
uses it in his business, but takes it home and only uses it to mow his grass for the last 3 years. He then takes out a loan with C, who gets a security interest in consumer goods. B defaults. Covered by A or C’s SI?
originally farm products then equipment now changed to consumer goods; C gets tractor
To have a SI, you must have ______. When does it occur?
Attachment
occurs when the SI becomes enforceable against the debtor with respect to the collateral unless the agreement expressly postpones attachment.
Once attachment, if debtor defaults then may repossess even if not perfected
Attachment Elements
- Value must be given.
- The debtor must have rights in the collateral. (legal title not required)
- deb. agrees to Sec. Agreement
a. debtor agrees to attachment of the security interest
b. the debtor has authenticated the security interest (usually signed security agreement) OR the secured party has possession of the collateral.
c. agreement must reasonably describe collateral
3rd element of Attachment subelement of Reasonable Identification, define it & what is sufficient.
reasonably identifies collateral if it describes it by giving a specific listing, category, quantity, or any other method that is objectively determinable
“all the debtor’s property or assets” does not reasonably identify it.
“all inventory” or “all equipment” is sufficient.
Specific property use detailed description, serial #
Invest. Prop. - suff. stating security, security account, commodity, or describing underlying asset
Errors do not invalidate, but w/ serial # it would
2nd element of Attachment rights in collateral define it & what is sufficient.
debtor not required to own collateral outright for creditor to have SI;
nemo dat- cred. can only get rights deb. has;
may use goods as collateral with violable title;
goods stolen then cred. most likely has no rights bc debt. has no rights;
2nd element of Attachment rights in collateral, consider rights passed on when selling goods on credit; or having a bill of title; or the owner consenting; or estoppel.
sell goods on credit, deliver them, retain title through K until paid - this creates a SI;
bills of title (vehicles) - possession of collateral is not enough; cred. should check title to see who really owns collateral; possession collateral w/o title does not create a valid SI;
Owners may consent to someone else using their prop. as collateral (think obligors);
conduct of the true owner allows another to appear to be the owner so that an innocent party is led to believe he is dealing with the true owner, the true owner is estopped to deny the creditor’s interest.
A buys goods from Z on credit. In the contract, Z retains title to the goods until A pays in full. Z delivers the goods and A makes payments. Then, A gets a loan from B, using the same goods as collateral. A defaults on all obligations. Who has rights in collateral
B and Z would both have security interests in the goods because, even
though Z retained title, A had rights in the goods when he offered them as
collateral to B. This turns into a perfection issue and one of priority.
Define PMSI… priority, filing.
created when a loan or credit is given to the debtor for the express purpose of
enabling the debtor to acquire specific property, and the loan is secured by that same property. 20d to file the
PMSI: Whats the effect of inventory or livestock
no 20d provision; must perfect immediately; must send notice 5y before debtor receives possession
Policy: stimulates commerce by not allowing the first creditor to file to not a monopoly on debtors assets, bc no other creditor would be willing to lend
Describe Tracing with respect to PMSI
How does the loan guarantee and transfer of title play into the equation
court looks for a “closely allied temporal proximity” between when the loan was made and the debtor purchasing/receiving the goods; money sent directly from creditor to seller - this evidences a link;
Title passes before the loan is made; loan cannot be a PMSI because loan didn’t enable the buyer to receive rights in goods he already did not have.
However, if the bank gives a loan guarantee upon creditor request, courts have found this to suffice
Describe the dual status of PMSI
What happens with lien release
non-consumer goods, a loan can take the dual status; even if the loan is used for other purchases
lose PMSI character
Describe the process of refinancing when PMSI are involved
must be a non-consumer transaction; include same creditors;
Here, C has PMSI in A collateral; also has SI non-pmsi in A other property; agree to refinance - dual status rule prevails
Define Perfection
process that allows other creditors to receive notice of a security interest, once
that security interest has attached in certain collateral.
occurs once an interest has attached, and the applicable requirements have been satisfied, depending on the type of collateral
addresses the issue of priority by giving notice to other creditors
Perfect in the Debtor’s Jurisdiction, how do we determine their jurisdiction?
Individual
Organization with one place of business
Organization with more than one
Corporations
Individuals – Individual’s principal residence.
Organization with only one place of business – That place of business.
Organization with more than one – Location of its Chief Executive Office.
Corporations – State of Incorporation.
May Perfect several ways, they are?
By filing, by possession, automatic perfection, control, goods covered by certificate of title
Describe Perfection by Filing
Whats it comprised of
Purpose
Errors (names, location)
File a Financing statement with the clerks office & information within controls
List: name of debtor, name of secured party, describe collateral covered,
purpose to provide info to purchasers and creditors
Errors must be seriously misleading
No trade or nick names, but if can reasonable search and find nick name then not seriously misleading; changed names depend on when the name change and SI occurred
Prop acquired before or 4 mo. after - good with the old; must use new after 4 mo.
ex. Terry not suffice for Terrance unless pulls it up
New location: 4 mo. to reperfect in new J & if lapse within grace period, then effective
Transfer Prop: 1 year to reperfect; new debtor does not take free and clear
Process of Filing
Perfection can occur before attachment but won’t perfect until attachment
debtor must authorize filing of UCC1
office must file it, may not be effective if unauthorized, but can file a correction statement
AR file with Sec. of State
Real Estate & Fixtures go with county office
Perfection by Filing: Amendments, Continuation
New collateral and new debtor only effective to the new from date of filing; cannot delete all of one side without adding one replacement
Deb. moves - 4 mo.
Deb. transf. - 1 yr.
Continuation - 5yr effective after; must file again but no sooner than 6 mo. before expires; no file then lose interest and must file again
Perfection by Possession
some types of collateral actual possession is enough to give them notice; it must be continuous, possession lost then perfection lost
cannot money
Chattel paper - possess all documents
Automatic Perfection
PMSI in consumer goods perfects when it attaches; UCC-1 not needed
Perfection by Control
Types of collateral that require it
simply creditor controlling access to the collateral, such as an account
banks accounts, securities, investment accounts, electronic docs, and Letters of Credit
-most effective way for these types of collateral
Perfection: Goods Covered by Certificates of Title
Timing Issue
Exception
some goods require certificate of title;
Timing - here valid application and app. fee must be delivered to the approp. authority
if they release on accident, then not perfected anymore
does not require to those goods subject to COT that are being held as inventory
Inventory - cars on lot being held for sale or lease then you can just perfect by UCC1
Define Priority
when there is more than one SI, need to figure out who has priority bc junior cred. left with nothing; go to first to file or perfect (can file without perfection) and if you do so then will take priority over subsequent creds bc they have notice
A and B agree that A will loan B money secured by B’s collateral. A and B execute a security agreement and A files a financing statement on January 5, 2007. C agrees to loan B money in exchange for a security interest in the same collateral. C and B execute a security agreement, there is delivery and C files the financing statement on January 10, 2007. A delivers the money to B on January 11, 2007. Who has priority A or C?
A filed first but did not perfect until delivery of $ on Jan. 11 because it must attach and value given; A has priority
A filed on January 5, 2007 but did not perfect until January 11, 2007. (Perfection must attach. To attach need authentication, give value and rights in collateral (9-308(a) and 9-203(b).) Still, A has priority because filed first 9-322(a) (1).
9-317 to 9-339
Priority of PMSI
secured party provides purchase money & files w/i 20d after debtor receives delivery take priority over all interest that arise in 20d period, except for livestock and inventory