---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1506"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1506"
heading: "Public policy exception"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1506"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §1506. Public policy exception


Nothing in this chapter prevents the court from refusing to take an action governed by this chapter if the action would be manifestly contrary to the public policy of the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 136.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109–8, set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.