---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1205"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1205"
heading: "Adequate protection"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1205"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer or Fisherman with Regular Annual Income"
  - "Subchapter I — Officers, Administration, and the Estate"
---

# §1205. Adequate protection

- (a) [Section 361](/usc/11/361.md) does not apply in a case under this chapter.
- (b) In a case under this chapter, when adequate protection is required under section [362](/usc/11/362.md), [363](/usc/11/363.md), or [364](/usc/11/364.md) of this title of an interest of an [entity](/usc/11/101.md?p=15) in property, such adequate protection may be provided by—
  - (1) requiring the trustee to make a cash payment or periodic cash payments to such [entity](/usc/11/101.md?p=15), to the extent that the stay under [section 362 of this title](/usc/11/362.md), use, sale, or lease under [section 363 of this title](/usc/11/363.md), or any grant of a [lien](/usc/11/101.md?p=37) under [section 364 of this title](/usc/11/364.md) results in a decrease in the value of property securing a [claim](/usc/11/101.md?p=5) or of an [entity](/usc/11/101.md?p=15)’s ownership interest in property;
  - (2) providing to such [entity](/usc/11/101.md?p=15) an additional or replacement [lien](/usc/11/101.md?p=37) to the extent that such stay, use, sale, lease, or grant results in a decrease in the value of property securing a [claim](/usc/11/101.md?p=5) or of an [entity](/usc/11/101.md?p=15)’s ownership interest in property;
  - (3) paying to such [entity](/usc/11/101.md?p=15) for the use of farmland the reasonable rent customary in the community where the property is located, based upon the rental value, net income, and earning capacity of the property; or
  - (4) granting such other relief, other than entitling such [entity](/usc/11/101.md?p=15) to compensation allowable under [section 503(b)(1) of this title](/usc/11/503.md?p=b-1) as an administrative expense, as will adequately protect the value of property securing a [claim](/usc/11/101.md?p=5) or of such [entity](/usc/11/101.md?p=15)’s ownership interest in property.

## Source credit

(Added and amended Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 255, title III, § 302(f), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3107, 3124; Pub. L. 103–65, § 1, Aug. 6, 1993, 107 Stat. 311; Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 149(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–610; Pub. L. 106–5, § 1(1), (2), Mar. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 9; Pub. L. 106–70, § 1, Oct. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1031; Pub. L. 107–8, § 1, May 11, 2001, 115 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 107–17, § 1, June 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 151; Pub. L. 107–170, § 1, May 7, 2002, 116 Stat. 133; Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10814(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 532; Pub. L. 107–377, § 2(a), Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3115; Pub. L. 108–73, § 2(a), Aug. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 108–369, § 2(a), Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1749; Pub. L. 109–8, title X, § 1001(a)(1), (c), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 185, 186.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

For repeal of section effective Oct. 1, 1998, and subsequent reenactment of section, see note set out preceding section 1201 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Dates

Permanent reenactment of section effective July 1, 2005, see section 1001(a)(2) of Pub. L. 109–8, set out as a Repeal, Reenactment, and Termination of Chapter note under section 1201 of this title. For effective dates of section and amendments extending periods for which section was reenacted prior to permanent reenactment, see Effective Date and Effective Date of 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 Amendment notes set out under section 1201 of this title.