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Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-110

§3302 Insolvency

Title 28 › PART VI — PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS › CHAPTER 176 — FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURE › SUBCHAPTER D — FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS INVOLVING DEBTS › § 3302

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

A person or business is insolvent when their debts are more than all their assets, measured at fair value. If someone is not paying debts when they come due, the law treats them as insolvent. For a partnership, insolvency means debts exceed the partnership’s assets plus any extra value of each general partner’s personal assets after their personal debts are paid. Do not count assets that were moved or hidden to cheat or delay creditors, or debts that are covered by a valid legal claim on property not counted as an asset.

Full Legal Text

Title 28, §3302

Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In General.—
Except as provided in subsection (c), a debtor is insolvent if the sum of the debtor’s debts is greater than all of the debtor’s assets at a fair valuation.
(b)Presumption.—
A debtor who is generally not paying debts as they become due is presumed to be insolvent.
(c)Calculation.—
A partnership is insolvent under subsection (a) if the sum of the partnership’s debts is greater than the aggregate, at a fair valuation, of— (1)
(2)the sum of the excess of the value of each general partner’s non-partnership assets over the partner’s non-partnership debts.
(d)Assets.—
For purposes of this section, assets do not include property that is transferred, concealed, or removed with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors or that has been transferred in a manner making the transfer voidable under this subchapter.
(e)Debts.—
For purposes of this section, debts do not include an obligation to the extent such obligation is secured by a valid lien on property of the debtor not included as an asset.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Nov. 29, 1990, and applicable with respect to certain actions for debts owed the United States pending in court on that

Effective Date

, see section 3631 of Pub. L. 101–647, set out as a note under section 3001 of this title.

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Citation

28 U.S.C. § 3302

Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110