11 U.S.C. § 561
Contractual right to terminate, liquidate, accelerate, or offset under a master netting agreement and across contracts; proceedings under chapter 15
United States · Title 11 — BANKRUPTCY · Status: effective
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- 11 U.S.C. § 561, Contractual right to terminate, liquidate, accelerate, or offset under a master netting agreement and across contracts; proceedings under chapter 15, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/436829
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Subject to subsection (b), the exercise of any contractual right, because of a condition of the kind specified in section 365(e)(1), to cause the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of or to offset or net termination values, payment amounts, or other transfer obligations arising under or in connection with one or more (or the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of one or more)—
If a debtor is a commodity broker subject to subchapter IV of chapter 7—
No provision of subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) shall prohibit the offset of claims and obligations that arise under—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005