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U.S. Code
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TITLE 11 - BANKRUPTCY
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CHAPTER 5—CREDITORS, THE DE...
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SUBCHAPTER III—THE ESTATE (§§ 541 – 562)
SUBCHAPTER III—THE ESTATE (§§ 541 – 562)
§ 541. Property of the estate
§ 542. Turnover of property to the estate
§ 543. Turnover of property by a custodian
§ 544. Trustee as lien creditor and as successor to certain creditors and purchasers
§ 545. Statutory liens
§ 546. Limitations on avoiding powers
§ 547. Preferences
§ 548. Fraudulent transfers and obligations
§ 549. Postpetition transactions
§ 550. Liability of transferee of avoided transfer
§ 551. Automatic preservation of avoided transfer
§ 552. Postpetition effect of security interest
§ 553. Setoff
§ 554. Abandonment of property of the estate
§ 555. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a securities contract
§ 556. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a commodities contract or forward contract
§ 557. Expedited determination of interests in, and abandonment or other disposition of grain assets
§ 558. Defenses of the estate
§ 559. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a repurchase agreement
§ 560. Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a swap agreement
§ 561. Contractual right to terminate, liquidate, accelerate, or offset under a master netting agreement and across contracts; proceedings under chapter 15
§ 562. Timing of damage measurement in connection with swap agreements, securities contracts, forward contracts, commodity contracts, repurchase agreements, and master netting agreements