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U.S. Code / Title 11 — Bankruptcy / Chapter 5—Creditors, the Debtor, and the…
Title 11Subchapter

Subchapter Iii—the Estate

Contents

  1. § 541. Property of the estate
  2. § 542. Turnover of property to the estate
  3. § 543. Turnover of property by a custodian
  4. § 544. Trustee as lien creditor and as successor to certain creditors and purchasers
  5. § 545. Statutory liens
  6. § 546. Limitations on avoiding powers
  7. § 547. Preferences
  8. § 548. Fraudulent transfers and obligations
  9. § 549. Postpetition transactions
  10. § 550. Liability of transferee of avoided transfer
  11. § 551. Automatic preservation of avoided transfer
  12. § 552. Postpetition effect of security interest
  13. § 553. Setoff
  14. § 554. Abandonment of property of the estate
  15. § 555. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a securities contract
  16. § 556. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a commodities contract or forward contract
  17. § 557. Expedited determination of interests in, and abandonment or other disposition of grain assets
  18. § 558. Defenses of the estate
  19. § 559. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a repurchase agreement
  20. § 560. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a swap agreement
  21. § 561. Contractual right to terminate, liquidate, accelerate, or offset under a master netting agreement and across contracts; proceedings under chapter 15
  22. § 562. Timing of damage measurement in connection with swap agreements, securities contracts, forward contracts, commodity contracts, repurchase agreements, and master netting agreements

Citation

Cite as
Title 11, U.S. Code
Edition
United States Code, 2024 Edition
Current through
01/06/2025

Official sources

Current text and notes (House OLRC)GPO edition on govinfoAbout the Statutes at Large

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