Module 2 Flashcards
Prior claim definition
Per the law
Creditor has right to be preferred over other creditors even hypothecary creditors
Prior claim characteristics
- Don’t need to be Published to be enforceable to third parties
- rank according to their order amongst themselves
- rank before movable or immovable hypothecs regardless of dates
- real right
- no right to follow (ie follows Person not property)
- cAn verify in land registry
1st ranking prior claim
legal costs and all expenses incurred in the common interest (creditor)
Enforced on movable and immovables
2nd ranking prior claim
Unpaid vendor
For the price of a movable sold to a natural person
Not available if movable is for a business
3rd ranking prior claim
Claims of persons having the right to retain movable property until debt is paid
Ie an unpaid mechanic who keeps the car he repaired
4th ranking prior claim
Claims of state (Quebec)
Amounts due under fiscal law (income tax)
Applies to movables (bank accounts and car if not leased ie owned by someone else)
5th ranking prior claim
Municipal and school board claims for property tax
Applies to immovables only
Follows immovables
Nature of hypothecs
- Permanent Real right on immovable or movable (collateral)
- right to follow regardless of who owns
- indivisible (everything on property)
- opposable to third parties if published in relevant register and surety allows creditors to have preference over proceeds before ordinary creditors
Definition of legal hypothecs
Imposed by law
Creditors with legal hypothecs
Definition of conventional hypothecs
Agreement between Lender and borrower
Definition of movable hypothecs (since 1994)
Movable property charged with a hypothec either with or without delivery
Ie equipment remitted (delivered/pledged) to the creditor as a guarantee or without delivery meaning a property is given in guarantee but kept at the same time (register of personal and movable real rights)
Definition of immovable hypothecs
Immovable property is charged with a hypothec ie guarantee to the creditor
- notorial act in minutes
- Published in land registry
- conventional
Types of legal hypothecs
1. Claims of the state
- Claims of state for sums due under fiscal law charged on movable (register of personal and movable real rights) or immovables (land register) from the date of registration
Incl hydro and income tax
Types of legal hypothecs
2. Claims of persons who constructed or renovated an immovable
- Only the immovable is charged with the legal hypothec
- does not need to be registered
- subsists for 30 days after work done
- before 30 days, creditor can serve debtor with a notice (if unpaid) and register it
Types of legal hypothecs
3. Claim of syndicate of co-owners
- For unpaid common expenses or contingency fund if over 30 days late
- registered at land registry indicating nature of claim and amount payable on day of claim
- can cover claims for current year and following 2 years plus legal costs (bailiffs)