Among their duties are tax collection, administering bankruptcy declarations, and performing civil marriages.

A bankruptcy declaration would have allowed Island Helicopters to continue operating while it came to new terms with creditors, including the city.

His bankruptcy declaration included a $341,000 Internal Revenue Service tax lien.

The other is to let a debtor seeking a fresh start through a bankruptcy declaration retain his house free of court-ordered encumbrances.

The bankruptcy declaration was the beginning of a year long dispute between Philadelphia Media Holdings and creditors.

One outcome of a bankruptcy declaration could be the dissolution of the city's 14 union contracts, which account for 60 percent of the budget.

A bankruptcy declaration was sought by a consortium of 14 Western banks after Yukos defaulted on nearly half of $1 billion in debt.

Following his death in the sinking investigations revealed that the company's finances were in a parlous state, leading to the company's bankruptcy declaration.

Feelings Are Confirmed He was saddened by the bankruptcy declaration of Federated but said its troubles point to a changed future.

The claims process against PC was not resolved prior to PC's bankruptcy declaration the following June.

Moody's, for instance, decided to keep Bridgeport's rating of BAA after being assured by city officials that a bankruptcy declaration was not imminent.

The Land Commission of New South Wales acquired the land after a bankruptcy declaration and extended the area to create a large suburb.

At the tune of the divorce the Blooms had been eighty-three thousand dollars in the hole; there followed bankruptcy declarations and a substantial loss of valuable suburban property.

Last week, it successfully challenged Mr. Quinn's bankruptcy declaration in Northern Ireland, where more lenient rules would have permitted him a fresh start within 12 months.

A bankruptcy declaration by Delphi could be devastating for G.M. because the company would have to assume billions of dollars in costs for many of its former workers.

The bankruptcy declaration was the latest chapter in the long fall for the British-born Mr. Bond, a former sign painter who created a financial empire based in Perth.

The massive debt load Young incurred from its purchase and ownership of KRON was widely believed to have been a contributing factor to the company's 2009 bankruptcy declaration.

The bankruptcy declaration clears the way for the Episcopal system to continue operating the Far Rockaway hospital and the other facilities in the face of mounting debts and unpaid bills.

The arts center is staving off creditors - mostly the power company - with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy declaration, which will also allow the directors to regroup, rethink their mission and try to pull in audiences.

The case was carefully followed in the recording industry, as the kinds of royalty restrictions that TLC could have shed through a formal bankruptcy declaration are common, particularly when record executives are taking a chance by signing young or unknown artists.

Mr. Thompson, who also has raised questions about a past bankruptcy declaration by Aquatic Development Group, said that while he would continue to oppose the process, he would most likely be unable to force the city to reopen the bidding.

It took a bankruptcy declaration to get it, but the deal has finally come in the decision of Bertelsmann A.G., the privately held German media company, to buy 1540 Broadway, the newly built but empty office tower between 45th and 46th Streets.

Post- och Inrikes Tidningar or PoIT (Swedish for "Post and Domestic Times") is the government newspaper and gazette of Sweden, and the country's official notification medium for announcements like bankruptcy declarations or auctions.