N.Y. Banking Law § 618 Liquidation and Conservation of Assets; Compromising Debts and Claims; Deposit of Moneys Collected; Preference; Superintendent, As Liquidator, Authorized to Borrow On and Pledge Assets of Banks

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 777
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.Y. Banking Law § 618

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(a) The superintendent is authorized, upon taking possession of any banking organization, to liquidate the affairs thereof and to do all acts and to make such expenditures as in his or her judgment are necessary to conserve its assets and business. The superintendent shall proceed to collect the debts due. The superintendent may, upon an order of the supreme court (unless such order is not required pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this subdivision),

(i) sell, assign, compromise, or otherwise dispose of all bad or doubtful debts held by such banking organization, (ii) compromise claims against such banking organization, other than deposit claims, and (iii) sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the real and personal property of such banking organization wherever situated. In case any of the real property so sold is located in a county in this state other than a county in which the application to the court for leave to sell is made, the superintendent shall cause a certified copy of such order to be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which such real property is located.

(b) The superintendent may sell, assign, compromise or otherwise dispose of any bad or doubtful debt held by such banking organization the value of which does not exceed fifty thousand dollars upon such terms as he or she may deem for the best interests of such banking organization without obtaining the approval of the court. For purposes of this paragraph, the value of any such bad or doubtful debt shall be the current value thereof as determined by the superintendent in good faith.

(c) The superintendent may, when the amount proposed to be paid by the superintendent in compromise does not exceed fifty thousand dollars, compromise any claim against such banking organization, other than any deposit claim, upon such terms as he or she may deem for the best interests of such banking organization without obtaining the approval of the court.

(d) The superintendent may sell or otherwise dispose of any personal property of such banking organization (other than bad or doubtful debts subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision) the value of which does not exceed fifty thousand dollars upon such terms as he or she may deem for the best interests of such banking organization without obtaining the approval of the court. For purposes of this paragraph, the value of any such personal property of such banking organization shall be (i) in the case of any single class of a security, or any commodity, or other property or claim that has a readily ascertainable market value, such market value, and (ii) in any other case, the current value thereof as determined by the superintendent in good faith.