---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1185"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1185"
heading: "Removal of debtor in possession"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1185"
units:
  - "Chapter 11 — Reorganization"
  - "Subchapter V — Small Business Debtor Reorganization"
---

# §1185. Removal of debtor in possession

- (a) **In General.—** On request of a party in interest, and after notice and a hearing, the court shall order that the [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1) shall not be a [debtor in possession](/usc/11/1182.md?p=2) for cause, including fraud, dishonesty, incompetence, or gross mismanagement of the affairs of the [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1), either before or after the date of commencement of the case, or for failure to perform the obligations of the [debtor](/usc/11/1182.md?p=1) under a plan confirmed under this subchapter.
- (b) **Reinstatement.—** On request of a party in interest, and after notice and a hearing, the court may reinstate the [debtor in possession](/usc/11/1182.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–54, § 2(a), Aug. 23, 2019, 133 Stat. 1080.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Aug. 23, 2019, see section 5 of Pub. L. 116–54, set out as an Effective Date of 2019 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.