{"identifier":"/us/usc/t11/s545","title":11,"num":"\u00a7\u202f545.","heading":"Statutory liens","text":"\u00a7\u202f545.\nStatutory liens\nThe trustee may avoid the fixing of a statutory lien on property of the debtor to the extent that such lien\u2014\n(1) first becomes effective against the debtor\u2014\n(A) when a case under this title concerning the debtor is commenced;\n(B) when an insolvency proceeding other than under this title concerning the debtor is commenced;\n(C) when a custodian is appointed or authorized to take or takes possession;\n(D) when the debtor becomes insolvent;\n(E) when the debtor\u2019s financial condition fails to meet a specified standard; or\n(F) at the time of an execution against property of the debtor levied at the instance of an entity other than the holder of such statutory lien;\n(2) is not perfected or enforceable at the time of the commencement of the case against a bona fide purchaser that purchases such property at the time of the commencement of the case, whether or not such a purchaser exists, except in any case in which a purchaser is a purchaser described in section 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or in any other similar provision of State or local law;\n(3) is for rent; or\n(4) is a lien of distress for rent.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t11/s545.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f545."},{"t":"heading","text":"Statutory liens","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The trustee may avoid the fixing of a statutory lien on property of the debtor to the extent that such lien\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" first becomes effective against the debtor\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" when a case under this title concerning the debtor is commenced;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" when an insolvency proceeding other than under this title concerning the debtor is commenced;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" when a custodian is appointed or authorized to take or takes possession;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/1/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" when the debtor becomes insolvent;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/1/E","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(E)"},{"t":"content","text":" when the debtor\u2019s financial condition fails to meet a specified standard; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/1/F","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(F)"},{"t":"content","text":" at the time of an execution against property of the debtor levied at the instance of an entity other than the holder of such statutory lien;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" is not perfected or enforceable at the time of the commencement of the case against a bona fide purchaser that purchases such property at the time of the commencement of the case, whether or not such a purchaser exists, except in any case in which a purchaser is a purchaser described in section 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or in any other similar provision of State or local law;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" is for rent; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s545/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" is a lien of distress for rent.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}