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Chapter 107

2022 -- H 7895
Enacted 06/20/2022

A N A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND COMMERCIAL RECEIVERSHIP ACT

Introduced By: Representatives Craven, and Caldwell

Date Introduced: March 04, 2022

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Title 10 of the General Laws entitled "COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following

chapter:

CHAPTER 21

RHODE ISLAND COMMERCIAL RECEIVERSHIP ACT

10-21-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Rhode Island Commercial

Receivership Act."

10-21-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Affiliate" means:

(i) With respect to an individual:

(A) A companion of the individual;

(B) A lineal ancestor or descendant, whether by blood or adoption of:

(I) The individual; or

(II) A companion of the individual;

(D) A sibling, aunt, uncle, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, grandniece,

or grandnephew of the individual, whether related by the whole or the half blood or adoption, or a

companion of any of them; or

(E) Any other individual occupying the residence of the individual; and

(ii) With respect to a person other than an individual:

(A) Another person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common

control with the person;

(B) An officer, director, manager, member, partner, employee, or trustee or other fiduciary

of the person; or

in §§10-21-2(1)(ii)(A) or (B).

(2) "Collateral" means the property subject to a lien.

(3) "Companion" means:

(i) The spouse of an individual;

(ii) The domestic partner of an individual; or

(iii) Another individual in a civil union with an individual.

(4) "Court" means the superior court.

(5) "Debtor" means a person having an interest, other than a lien, in collateral, whether or

not the person is liable for the secured obligation. The term "debtor" includes a mortgagor.

(6) "Executory contract" means a contract, including a lease, under which each party has

an unperformed obligation and the failure of a party to complete performance would constitute a

material breach.

(7) "Governmental unit" means an office, department, division, bureau, board,

commission, or other agency of this state or a subdivision of this state.

(8) "Lien" means an interest in property which secures payment or performance of an

obligation.

(9) "Mortgage" means a record, however denominated, that creates or provides for a

consensual lien on real property or rents, even if it also creates or provides for a lien on personal

property.

(10) "Mortgagee" means a person entitled to enforce an obligation secured by a mortgage.

(11) "Mortgagor" means a person that grants a mortgage or a successor in ownership of the

real property described in the mortgage.

(12) "Owner" means the person for whose property a receiver is appointed.

(13) "Person" means an individual, estate, partnership, association, trust, business or

nonprofit entity, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or

instrumentality, or other legal entity.

(14) "Proceeds" means the following property:

(i) Whatever is acquired on the sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition of

receivership property;

(ii) Whatever is collected on, or distributed on account of, receivership property;

(iii) Rights arising out of receivership property;

(iv) To the extent of the value of receivership property, claims arising out of the loss,

nonconformity, or interference with the use of, defects or infringement of rights in, or damage to

the property; or

(v) To the extent of the value of receivership property and to the extent payable to the

owner or secured party, insurance payable by reason of the loss or nonconformity of, defects or

infringement of rights in, or damage to the property.

(15) "Property" means all of a person's right, title, and interest, both legal and equitable, in

real and personal property, tangible and intangible, wherever located and however acquired. The

term includes proceeds, products, offspring, rents, or profits of or from the property.

(16) "Receiver" means a person appointed by the court as the court's agent, and subject to

the court's direction, to take possession of, manage, and, if authorized by this chapter or court order,

transfer, sell, lease, license, exchange, collect, or otherwise dispose of receivership property.

(17) "Receivership" means a proceeding in which a receiver is appointed.

(18) "Receivership property" means the property of an owner which is described in the

order appointing a receiver or a subsequent order. The term includes any proceeds, products,

offspring, rents, or profits of or from the property.

(19) "Record," used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium

or that is stored on an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(20) "Rents" means:

(i) Sums payable for the right to possess or occupy, or for the actual possession or

occupation of, real property of another person;

(ii) Sums payable to a mortgagor under a policy of rental-interruption insurance covering

real property;

(iii) Claims arising out of a default in the payment of sums payable for the right to possess

or occupy real property of another person;

(iv) Sums payable to terminate an agreement to possess or occupy real property of another

person;

(v) Sums payable to a mortgagor for payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred in

owning, operating, and maintaining real property or constructing or installing improvements on

real property; or

(vi) Other sums payable under an agreement relating to the real property of another person

which constitute rents under law of this state other than this chapter.

(21) "Secured obligation" means an obligation the payment or performance of which is

secured by a security agreement.

(22) "Secured party" means a person entitled to enforce a secured obligation. The term

includes a mortgagee.

(23) "Security agreement" means an agreement that creates or provides for a lien. The term

includes a mortgage.

(24) "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

(i) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

(ii) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol, or

process.

(25) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the

United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the

United States.

10-21-2.1. Additional definitions for emergency declaration temporary non-

liquidating receivership.

In this chapter:

(1) “Emergency” means a serious, dangerous, or unexpected situation that causes or

potentially causes widespread or substantial loss of life, injury, damage, or public health concern

for a significant number of persons or substantial loss of property, including a “disaster” as defined

in § 30-15-3.

(2) “Emergency declaration” means a declaration of disaster emergency issued by the

governor pursuant to § 30-15-9.

(3) "Emergency declaration provisions" means §§ 10-21-2.1, 10-21-3.1, 10-21-6.1, 10-21-

12.1, 10-21-13.1, 10-21-14.1, 10-21-16.1, 10-21-19.1, 10-21-21.1, and 10-21-28.1.

(4) "Temporary non-liquidating receiver" means a receiver appointed under the emergency

declaration provisions.

(5) "Temporary non-liquidating receivership" means a receivership in which a temporary

non-liquidating receiver has been appointed.

10-21-3. Notice and opportunity for hearing.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the court may issue an

order under this chapter only after notice and opportunity for a hearing appropriate in the

circumstances.

(b) The court may issue an order under this chapter:

(1) Without prior notice if the circumstances require issuance of an order before notice is

given;

(2) After notice and without a prior hearing if the circumstances require issuance of an

order before a hearing is held; or

(3) After notice and without a hearing if no interested party timely requests a hearing.

10-21-3.1. Administrative and procedural orders in temporary non-liquidating

receivership.

The general assembly acknowledges that:

(1) The presiding justice of the superior court may issue administrative orders governing

the procedures in temporary non-liquidating receiverships.

(2) The business calendar justice to whom a temporary non-liquidating receivership has

been assigned may issue procedural orders in the temporary non-liquidating receivership.

10-21-4. Scope -- Exclusions.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections subsection (b) or (c) of this section, this

chapter applies to a receivership for an interest in any one or more of the following:

(1) Real property and any personal property related to or used in operating the real property;

(2) Personal property and fixtures.

(b) This chapter does not apply to a receivership for an interest in real property improved

by one to four (4) dwelling units unless:

(1) The interest is used for agricultural, commercial, industrial, or mineral-extraction

purposes, other than incidental uses by an owner occupying the property as the owner's primary

residence;

(2) The interest secures an obligation incurred at a time when the property was used or

planned for use for agricultural, commercial, industrial, or mineral-extraction purposes;

(3) The owner planned or is planning to develop the property into one or more dwelling

units to be sold or leased in the ordinary course of the owner's business; or

(4) The owner is collecting or has the right to collect rents or other income from the

property from a person other than an affiliate of the owner.

this chapter in which the receiver is a governmental unit or an individual acting in an official

capacity on behalf of the unit except to the extent provided by the other law.

(d) This chapter does not limit the authority of a court to appoint a receiver under law of

this state other than this chapter.

(e) Unless displaced by a particular provision of this chapter, the principles of law and

equity supplement this chapter.

10-21-5. Power of court.

The court that appoints a receiver under this chapter has exclusive jurisdiction to direct the

receiver and determine any controversy related to the receivership or receivership property.

10-21-6. Appointment of receiver.

(a) The court may appoint a receiver:

(1) Before judgment, to protect a party that demonstrates an apparent right, title, or interest

in property that is the subject of the action, if the property or its revenue-producing potential:

(i) Is being subjected to or is in danger of waste, loss, dissipation, misapplication, or

impairment; or

(ii) Has been or is about to be the subject of a voidable transaction;

(2) After judgment:

(i) To carry the judgment into effect; or

(ii) To preserve nonexempt real property pending appeal or when an execution has been

returned unsatisfied and the owner refuses to apply the property in satisfaction of the judgment;

(3) In an action against a person that is not an individual if:

(i) The object of the action is the dissolution of the person;

(ii) The person is not an individual, and the person has been dissolved or revoked;

(iii) The persons responsible for management of the person are deadlocked in the

management of the person's affairs;

(iv) The acts of the persons in control of the person are illegal, oppressive, or fraudulent;

(v) The person is insolvent or generally is not paying the person's debts as those debts

become due; or

(4) In an action in which a receiver may be appointed on equitable grounds.

(b) In connection with the foreclosure or other enforcement of a security agreement, the

court may appoint a receiver for the collateral if:

(1) Appointment is necessary to protect the collateral from waste, loss, transfer, dissipation,

misapplication, or impairment;

(2) The debtor agreed in a signed record to appointment of a receiver on default;

(3) The owner agreed, after default and in a signed record, to appointment of a receiver;

(4) The collateral and any other security held by the secured party are not reasonably

expected to be sufficient to satisfy the secured obligation; or

(5) The owner fails to turn over to the secured party proceeds or rents the secured party

was entitled to collect.

3(b)(1) or without a prior hearing under § 10-21-3(b)(2) on the giving of security by the person

seeking the appointment for the payment of damages, reasonable attorneys' fees, and costs incurred

or suffered by any person if the court later concludes that the appointment was not justified. If the

court later concludes that the appointment was justified, the court shall release the security.

10-21-6.1. Appointment of temporary non-liquidating receiver.

(a) The court may appoint a temporary non-liquidating receiver on the request of the owner

if:

(1) As of the date of an emergency declaration, the owner was not insolvent;

(2) As of the date of an emergency declaration, the owner was generally paying its debts

as those debts became due;

(3) As of the date of an emergency declaration, the owner was not in material default of its

obligations to a secured party; and

(4) Either:

(i) Because of the events giving rise to the emergency, the owner’s gross revenue has

declined by more than twenty percent (20%), in a sixty (60) day period beginning on or after the

date of an emergency declaration, as compared to the same period of the previous year; or

(ii) Because of action by a governmental unit exercising its police or regulatory power to

mitigate or otherwise address the emergency, the owner suspended or ceased a substantial part of

its business operations.

10-21-7. Disqualification from appointment as receiver -- Disclosure of interest.

(a) The court may not appoint a person as receiver unless the person submits to the court a

statement under penalty of perjury that the person is not disqualified.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person is disqualified

from appointment as receiver if the person:

(1) Is an affiliate of a party;

(2) Has an interest materially adverse to an interest of a party;

(3) Has a material financial interest in the outcome of the action, other than compensation

the court may allow the receiver;

(4) Has a debtor-creditor relationship with a party; or

(5) Holds an equity interest in a party, other than a non-controlling noncontrolling interest

in a publicly-traded company.

(1) Was appointed receiver or is owed compensation in an unrelated matter involving a

party or was engaged by a party in a matter unrelated to the receivership;

(2) Is an individual obligated to a party on a debt that is not in default and was incurred

primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; or

(3) Maintains with a party a deposit account as defined in § 6A-9-102(a)(29).

(d) A person seeking appointment of a receiver may nominate a person to serve as receiver,

but the court is not bound by the nomination.

10-21-8. Receiver's bond -- Alternative security.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a receiver shall post with

the court a bond that:

(1) Is conditioned on the faithful discharge of the receiver's duties;

(2) Has one or more sureties approved by the court;

(3) Is in an amount the court specifies; and

(4) Is effective as of the date of the receiver's appointment.

(b) The court may approve the posting by a receiver with the court of alternative security,

such as a letter of credit or deposit of funds. The receiver may not use receivership property as

alternative security. Interest that accrues on deposited funds must be paid to the receiver on the

receiver's discharge.

alternative security required by this section.

(d) A claim against a receiver's bond or alternative security must be made not later than

one year after the date the receiver is discharged.

10-21-9. Status of receiver as lien creditor.

On appointment of a receiver, in addition to the receiver’s other status under this chapter,

the receiver has the status of a lien creditor under:

(1) Chapter 9 of title 6A as to receivership property that is personal property or fixtures;

and

(2) Section 34-13-2 as to receivership property that is real property.

10-21-10. Security interest covering after-acquired property.

Except as otherwise provided by law of this state other than this chapter, property that a

receiver or owner acquires after appointment of the receiver is subject to a security agreement

entered into before the appointment to the same extent as if the court had not appointed the receiver.

10-21-11. Collection and turnover of receivership property.

(a) Unless the court orders otherwise, on demand by a receiver:

(1) A person that owes a debt that is receivership property and is matured or payable on

demand or on order shall pay the debt to or on the order of the receiver, except to the extent the

debt is subject to setoff or recoupment; and

(2) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a person that has possession, custody, or control

of receivership property shall turn the property over to the receiver.

(b) A person that has notice of the appointment of a receiver and owes a debt that is

receivership property may not satisfy the debt by payment to the owner.

perfection, or priority of the creditor's lien on the property depends on the creditor's possession,

custody, or control, the creditor may retain possession, custody, or control until the court orders

adequate protection of the creditor's lien.

(d) Unless a bona fide dispute exists about a receiver's right to possession, custody, or

control of receivership property, the court may sanction as civil contempt a person's failure to turn

the property over when required by this section.

10-21-12. Powers and duties of receiver.

(a) Except as limited by court order or law of this state other than this chapter, a receiver

may:

(1) Collect, control, manage, conserve, and protect receivership property;

(2) Operate a business constituting receivership property, including preservation, use, sale,

lease, license, exchange, collection, or disposition of the property in the ordinary course of

business;

(3) In the ordinary course of business, incur unsecured debt and pay expenses incidental to

the receiver's preservation, use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or disposition of

receivership property;

(4) Assert a right, claim, cause of action, or defense of the owner which relates to

receivership property;

(5) Seek and obtain instruction from the court concerning receivership property, exercise

of the receiver's powers, and performance of the receiver's duties;

(6) On subpoena, compel a person to submit to examination under oath, or to produce and

permit inspection and copying of designated records or tangible things, with respect to receivership

property or any other matter that may affect administration of the receivership;

(7) Engage a professional as provided in § 10-21-15;

(8) Apply to a court of another state for appointment as ancillary receiver with respect to

receivership property located in that state; and

(9) Exercise any power conferred by court order, this chapter, or law of this state other than

this chapter.

(b) With court approval, a receiver may:

(1) Incur debt for the use or benefit of receivership property other than in the ordinary

course of business;

(2) Make improvements to receivership property;

(3) Use or transfer receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business as

provided in § 10-21-16;

(4) Adopt or reject an executory contract of the owner as provided in § 10-21-17;

(5) Pay compensation to the receiver as provided in § 10-21-21, and to each professional

engaged by the receiver as provided in § 10-21-15;

(6) Recommend allowance or disallowance of a claim of a creditor as provided in §10-21-

20; and

(7) Make a distribution of receivership property as provided in §10-21-20.

(1) Prepare and retain appropriate business records, including a record of each receipt,

disbursement, and disposition of receivership property;

(2) Account for receivership property, including the proceeds of a sale, lease, license,

exchange, collection, or other disposition of the property;

(3) Record with the land evidence records of each city or town in which the property is

located a copy of the order appointing the receiver and, if a legal description of the real property is

not included in the order, the legal description;

(4) Disclose to the court any fact arising during the receivership which would disqualify

the receiver under § 10-21-7; and

(5) Perform any duty imposed by court order, this chapter, or law of this state other than

this chapter.

(d) The powers and duties of a receiver may be expanded, modified, or limited by court

order.

10-21-12.1. Powers and duties of temporary non-liquidating receiver -- Operating

plan.

(a) A temporary non-liquidating receiver shall:

(1) Assist the owner in developing an operating plan in consultation;

(2) Present the operating plan to the court for approval; and

(3) Monitor the owner’s business operations and the owner’s compliance with the plan.

(b) An operating plan must:

(1) Except to the extent that a particular creditor has agreed to a different treatment of its

claim:

(i) Provide for the payment of any secured obligation of the owner on the terms of the

secured obligation;

(ii) Provide for the payment of the owner’s debts accruing or arising after the appointment

of the receiver when such debts become due; and

(iii) Provide for the payment of each of the owner’s other debts either:

(A) In periodic installments over a term of not more than three (3) years after the court

approves the plan; or

(B) As to a particular debt, in such other manner as the owner and the creditor may agree

in a record; and

(2) Include such other measures as necessary to justify the termination of the receivership.

(d) A temporary non-liquidating receiver may not exercise any of the powers under §§ 10-

21-12(a)(1) through (4) unless:

(1) The court directs otherwise for cause; or

(2) The owner defaults on an approved operating plan after such notice and opportunity to

cure the default as the court specifies.

10-21-13. Duties of owner.

(a) An owner shall:

(1) Assist and cooperate with the receiver in the administration of the receivership and the

discharge of the receiver's duties;

(2) Preserve and turn over to the receiver all receivership property in the owner's

possession, custody, or control;

(3) Identify all records and other information relating to the receivership property,

including a password, authorization, or other information needed to obtain or maintain access to or

control of the receivership property, and make available to the receiver the records and information

in the owner's possession, custody, or control;

(4) On subpoena, submit to examination under oath by the receiver concerning the acts,

conduct, property, liabilities, and financial condition of the owner or any matter relating to the

receivership property or the receivership; and

(5) Perform any duty imposed by court order, this chapter, or law of this state other than

this chapter.

(b) If an owner is a person other than an individual, this section applies to each officer,

director, manager, member, partner, trustee, or other person exercising or having the power to

exercise control over the affairs of the owner.

(1) Award the receiver actual damages caused by the person's failure, reasonable attorneys'

fees, and costs; and

(2) Sanction the failure as civil contempt.

10-21-13.1. Owner’s duties in temporary non-liquidating receivership.

Unless the court orders otherwise, the owner shall:

(1) Develop an operating plan and any modifications to the plan that the temporary non-

liquidating receiver may propose;

(2) Obtain court approval of the operating plan; and

(3) Timely perform the owner’s duties under the operating plan.

10-21-14. Stay -- Injunction.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section or ordered by the court,

an order appointing a receiver operates as a stay, applicable to all persons, of an act, action, or

proceeding:

(1) To obtain possession of, exercise control over, or enforce a judgment against

receivership property; and

(2) To enforce a lien against receivership property to the extent the lien secures a claim

against the owner which arose before entry of the order.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the court may enjoin an

act, action, or proceeding against or relating to receivership property if the injunction is necessary

to protect the property or facilitate administration of the receivership.

apply to the court for relief from the stay or injunction for cause.

(d) An order under subsection (a) or (b) of this section does not operate as a stay or

injunction of:

(1) An act, action, or proceeding to perfect, or maintain or continue the perfection of, an

interest in receivership property;

(2) Commencement or continuation of a criminal proceeding;

(3) Commencement or continuation of an action or proceeding, or enforcement of a

judgment other than a money judgment in an action or proceeding, by a governmental unit to

enforce its police or regulatory power;

(4) Establishment by a governmental unit of a tax liability against the owner or receivership

property or an appeal of the liability; or

(5) Exercise of rights of a party to a swap agreement, securities contract, repurchase

agreement, commodity contract, forward contract, or master netting agreement, as those terms are

defined in the federal Bankruptcy Code, to the extent that a court would not have the power to stay

the exercise if the defendant were a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code.

(e) The court may void an act that violates a stay or injunction under this section.

(f) If a person knowingly violates a stay or injunction under this section, the court may:

(1) Award actual damages caused by the violation, reasonable attorneys' fees, and costs;

and

(2) Sanction the violation as civil contempt.

10-21-14.1. Stay in a temporary non-liquidating receivership.

On appointment of a temporary non-liquidating receiver, the stay under § 10-21-14(a) is

effective for the period that the court considers necessary, but not more than ninety (90) days. The

court may extend the stay in increments of not more than thirty (30) days.

10-21-15. Engagement and compensation of professional.

(a) With court approval, a receiver may engage an attorney, accountant, appraiser,

auctioneer, broker, or other professional to assist the receiver in performing a duty or exercising a

power of the receiver. The receiver shall disclose to the court:

(1) The identity and qualifications of the professional;

(2) The scope and nature of the proposed engagement;

(3) Any potential conflict of interest; and

(4) The proposed compensation.

(b) A person is not disqualified from engagement under this section solely because of the

person's engagement by, representation of, or other relationship with the receiver, a creditor, or a

party. This chapter does not prevent the receiver from serving in the receivership as an attorney,

accountant, auctioneer, or broker when authorized by law.

the court an itemized statement of the time spent, work performed, and billing rate of each person

that performed the work and an itemized list of expenses. The receiver shall pay the amount

approved by the court.

10-21-16. Use or transfer of receivership property not in the ordinary course of

business.

(a) In this section, "good faith" means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable

commercial standards of fair dealing.

(b) With court approval, a receiver may use receivership property other than in the ordinary

course of business.

ordinary course of business by sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition. Unless the

agreement of sale provides otherwise, a sale under this section is free and clear of a lien of the

person that obtained appointment of the receiver, any subordinate lien, and any right of redemption.

However, unless the holder of a senior lien consents, such a sale:

(1) Is subject to the senior lien and to the rights and remedies of the holder of the senior

lien under law other than this chapter; and

(2) Does not affect the obligation secured by the senior lien.

(d) A lien on receivership property which is extinguished by a transfer under subsection

priority the lien had on the property immediately before the transfer, even if the proceeds are not

sufficient to satisfy all obligations secured by the lien.

(e) A transfer under subsection (c) of this section may occur by means other than a public

auction sale. A creditor holding a valid lien on the property to be transferred may purchase the

property and offset against the purchase price part or all of the allowed amount secured by the lien,

if the creditor tenders funds sufficient to satisfy in full the reasonable expenses of transfer and the

obligation secured by any senior lien extinguished by the transfer.

(f) A reversal or modification of an order approving a transfer under subsection (c) of this

section does not affect the validity of the transfer to a person that acquired the property in good

faith or revive against the person any lien extinguished by the transfer, whether or not the person

knew before the transfer of the request for reversal or modification, unless the court stayed the

order before the transfer.

10-21-16.1. Use or transfer of receivership property in a temporary non-liquidating

receivership.

The owner may use or transfer receivership property, by sale, lease, license, exchange or

other disposition, only:

(1) With court approval; and

(2) After the court approves the operating plan, in accordance with the plan.

10-21-17. Executory contract.

(a) In this section, "timeshare interest" means a "time share" as defined in § 34-41-1.02.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h) of this section, with court approval, a

receiver may adopt or reject an executory contract of the owner relating to receivership property.

The court may condition the receiver's adoption and continued performance of the contract on terms

appropriate under the circumstances. If the receiver does not request court approval to adopt or

reject the contract within a reasonable time after the receiver's appointment, the receiver is deemed

to have rejected the contract.

or rejection under subsection (b) of this section is not an adoption of the contract and does not

preclude the receiver from seeking approval to reject the contract.

(d) A provision in an executory contract which requires or permits a forfeiture,

modification, or termination of the contract because of the appointment of a receiver or the financial

condition of the owner does not affect a receiver's power under subsection (b) of this section to

adopt the contract.

(e) A receiver's right to possess or use receivership property pursuant to an executory

contract terminates on rejection of the contract under subsection (b) of this section. Rejection is a

breach of the contract effective immediately before appointment of the receiver. A claim for

damages for rejection of the contract must be submitted by the later of:

(1) The time set for submitting a claim in the receivership; or

(2) Thirty (30) days after the court approves the rejection.

(f) If at the time a receiver is appointed, the owner has the right to assign an executory

contract relating to receivership property under the law of this state other than this chapter, the

receiver may assign the contract with court approval.

(g) If a receiver rejects under subsection (b) of this section an executory contract for the

sale of receivership property that is real property in possession of the purchaser or a real-property

timeshare interest, the purchaser may:

(1) Treat the rejection as a termination of the contract, and in that case the purchaser has a

lien on the property for the recovery of any part of the purchase price the purchaser paid; or

(2) Retain the purchaser's right to possession under the contract, and in that case the

purchaser shall continue to perform all obligations arising under the contract and may offset any

damages caused by nonperformance of an obligation of the owner after the date of the rejection,

but the purchaser has no right or claim against other receivership property or the receiver on account

of the damages.

(h) A receiver may not reject an unexpired lease of real property under which the owner is

the landlord if:

(1) The tenant occupies the leased premises as the tenant's primary residence;

(2) The receiver was appointed at the request of a person other than a mortgagee; or

(3) The receiver was appointed at the request of a mortgagee and:

(i) The lease is superior to the lien of the mortgage;

(ii) The tenant has an enforceable agreement with the mortgagee or the holder of a senior

lien under which the tenant's occupancy will not be disturbed as long as the tenant performs its

obligations under the lease;

(iii) The mortgagee has consented to the lease, either in a signed record or by its failure

timely to object that the lease violated the mortgage; or

(iv) The terms of the lease were commercially reasonable at the time the lease was agreed

to and the tenant did not know or have reason to know that the lease violated the mortgage.

10-21-18. Defenses and immunities of receiver.

(a) A receiver is entitled to all defenses and immunities provided by law of this state other

than this chapter for an act or omission within the scope of the receiver's appointment.

(b) A receiver may be sued personally for an act or omission in administering receivership

property only with approval of the court that appointed the receiver.

10-21-19. Interim report of receiver.

A receiver may file or, if ordered by the court, shall file an interim report that includes:

(1) The activities of the receiver since appointment or a previous report;

(2) Receipts and disbursements, including a payment made or proposed to be made to a

professional engaged by the receiver;

(3) Receipts and dispositions of receivership property;

(4) Fees and expenses of the receiver and, if not filed separately, a request for approval of

payment of the fees and expenses; and

(5) Any other information required by the court.

10-21-19.1. Interim report of temporary non-liquidating receiver.

In addition to the any interim report required by § 10-21-19, unless the court orders

otherwise, a temporary non-liquidating receiver shall file a monthly report that includes:

(1) Development and implementation of the operating plan; and

(2) The owner’s compliance with the operating plan and with this chapter.

10-21-20. Notice of appointment -- Claim against receivership -- Distribution to

creditors.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this section, a receiver shall give

notice of appointment of the receiver to creditors of the owner by:

(1) Deposit for delivery through first-class mail or other commercially reasonable delivery

method to the last known address of each creditor; and

(2) Publication as directed by the court.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this section, the notice required by

subsection (a) of this section must specify the date by which each creditor holding a claim against

the owner which arose before appointment of the receiver must submit the claim to the receiver.

The date specified must be at least four (4) months after the later of notice under subsection (a)(1)

of this section or last publication under subsection (a)(2) of this section. The court may extend the

period for submitting the claim. Unless the court orders otherwise, a claim that is not submitted

timely is not entitled to a distribution from the receivership.

(1) State the name and address of the creditor;

(2) State the amount and basis of the claim;

(3) Identify any property securing the claim;

(4) Be signed by the creditor under penalty of perjury; and

(5) Include a copy of any record on which the claim is based.

(d) An assignment by a creditor of a claim against the owner is effective against the receiver

only if the assignee gives timely notice of the assignment to the receiver in a signed record.

(e) At any time before entry of an order approving a receiver's final report, the receiver

may file with the court an objection to a claim of a creditor, stating the basis for the objection. The

court shall allow or disallow the claim according to law of this state other than this chapter.

(f) If the court concludes that receivership property is likely to be insufficient to satisfy

claims of each creditor holding a perfected lien on the property, the court may order that:

(1) The receiver need not give notice under subsection (a) of this section of the appointment

to all creditors of the owner, but only such creditors as the court directs; and

(2) Unsecured creditors need not submit claims under this section.

(g) Subject to § 10-21-21:

(1) A distribution of receivership property to a creditor holding a perfected lien on the

property must be made in accordance with the creditor's priority under law of this state other than

this chapter; and

(2) A distribution of receivership property to a creditor with an allowed unsecured claim

must be made as the court directs according to law of this state other than this chapter.

10-21-21. Fees and expenses.

(a) The court may award a receiver from receivership property the reasonable and

necessary fees and expenses of performing the duties of the receiver and exercising the powers of

the receiver.

(b) The court may order one or more of the following to pay the reasonable and necessary

fees and expenses of the receivership, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs:

(1) A person that requested the appointment of the receiver, if the receivership does not

produce sufficient funds to pay the fees and expenses; or

(2) A person whose conduct justified or would have justified the appointment of the

receiver under § 10-21-6(a)(1).

10-21-21.1. Emergency declaration receivership program coordinator.

The presiding justice of the superior court may appoint an individual to serve as program

coordinator to identify and coordinate sources for funding, legal services, accounting services, and

other appropriate services for temporary non-liquidating receiverships. The individual must have

appropriate qualifications for the position and shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding justice.

The program coordinator is not a judicial officer, but may be sued personally for an act or omission

in performing his or her duties only with the approval of the presiding justice. On application to the

presiding justice after notice and opportunity for hearing, the program coordinator may be awarded

reasonable compensation through an equitable charge on receivership property in temporary non-

liquidating receiverships.

10-21-22. Removal of receiver -- Replacement -- Termination of receivership.

(a) The court may remove a receiver for cause.

(b) The court shall replace a receiver that dies, resigns, or is removed.

receiver that is deceased, has accounted fully for and turned over to the successor receiver all

receivership property and has filed a report of all receipts and disbursements during the service of

the replaced receiver, the replaced receiver is discharged.

(d) The court may discharge a receiver and terminate the court's administration of the

receivership property if the court finds that appointment of the receiver was improvident or that the

circumstances no longer warrant continuation of the receivership. If the court finds that the

appointment was sought wrongfully or in bad faith, the court may assess against the person that

sought the appointment:

(1) The fees and expenses of the receivership, including reasonable attorneys' fees and

costs; and

(2) Actual damages caused by the appointment, including reasonable attorneys' fees and

costs.

10-21-23. Final report of receiver -- Discharge.

(a) On completion of a receiver's duties, the receiver shall file a final report including:

(1) A description of the activities of the receiver in the conduct of the receivership;

(2) A list of receivership property at the commencement of the receivership and any

receivership property received during the receivership;

(3) A list of disbursements, including payments to professionals engaged by the receiver;

(4) A list of dispositions of receivership property;

(5) A list of distributions made or proposed to be made from the receivership for creditor

claims;

(6) If not filed separately, a request for approval of the payment of fees and expenses of

the receiver; and

(7) Any other information required by the court.

(b) If the court approves a final report filed under subsection (a) of this section and the

receiver distributes all receivership property, the receiver is discharged.

10-21-24. Receivership in another state -- Ancillary proceeding.

(a) The court may appoint a receiver appointed in another state, or that person's nominee,

as an ancillary receiver with respect to property located in this state or subject to the jurisdiction of

the court for which a receiver could be appointed under this chapter, if:

(1) The person or nominee would be eligible to serve as receiver under this chapter; and

(2) The appointment furthers the person's possession, custody, control, or disposition of

property subject to the receivership in the other state.

(b) The court may issue an order that gives effect to an order entered in another state

appointing or directing a receiver.

of this section has the rights, powers, and duties of a receiver appointed under this chapter.

10-21-25. Effect of enforcement by secured party.

A request by a secured party for appointment of a receiver, the appointment of a receiver,

or application by a secured party of receivership property or proceeds to the secured obligation

does not:

(1) Make the secured party a mortgagee in possession of the real property;

(2) Impose any duty on the secured party under § 6A-9-207;

(3) Make the secured party an agent of the owner;

(4) Constitute an election of remedies that precludes a later action to enforce the secured

obligation;

(5) Make the secured obligation unenforceable; or

(6) Limit any right available to the secured party with respect to the secured obligation.

10-21-26. Uniformity of application and construction.

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to

promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

10-21-27. Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.

This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and

National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede § 101(c)

of that act, (15 U.S.C. § 7001(c)), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described

in § 103(b) of that act, (15 U.S.C. § 7003(b)).

10-21-28. Transition.

This chapter does not apply to a receivership for which the receiver was appointed before

the effective date of this chapter.

10-21-28.1. Emergency declaration temporary non-liquidating receivership

transition provisions.

(a) Notwithstanding § 10-21-28, the court may for cause apply this chapter to a receivership

for which a receiver was appointed before the effective date of this chapter, if the owner would

otherwise be eligible for a temporary non-liquidating receivership.

(b) Unless extended by the general assembly, the emergency declaration provisions apply

only to a receivership in which the court first appoints a receiver:

(1) If because of the COVID-19 pandemic, during the period beginning on the effective

date of this chapter and ending on June 30, 2022; or

(2) If because of any other emergency, during the period beginning on the date the

emergency declaration is issued and ending ninety (90) days after the end of the emergency.

10-21-29. Official comments.

It is the intention of the general assembly that the official comments to the Uniform

Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act as approved and recommended for enactment in all the

States by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2015 represent the

express legislative intent of the general assembly and shall be used as a guide for interpretation of

this chapter.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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