---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1519"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1519"
heading: "Relief that may be granted upon filing petition for recognition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1519"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases"
  - "Subchapter III — Recognition of a Foreign Proceeding and Relief"
---

# §1519. Relief that may be granted upon filing petition for recognition

- (a) From the time of filing a [petition](/usc/11/101.md?p=42) for [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7) until the court rules on the [petition](/usc/11/101.md?p=42), the court may, at the request of the [foreign representative](/usc/11/101.md?p=24), where relief is urgently needed to protect the assets of the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1) or the interests of the [creditors](/usc/11/101.md?p=10), grant relief of a provisional nature, including—
  - (1) staying execution against the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1)’s assets;
  - (2) entrusting the administration or realization of all or part of the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1)’s assets located in the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55) to the [foreign representative](/usc/11/101.md?p=24) or another [person](/usc/11/101.md?p=41) authorized by the court, including an examiner, in order to protect and preserve the value of assets that, by their nature or because of other circumstances, are perishable, susceptible to devaluation or otherwise in jeopardy; and
  - (3) any relief referred to in paragraph [(3)](/usc/11/1521.md?p=a-3), [(4)](/usc/11/1521.md?p=a-4), or [(7)](/usc/11/1521.md?p=a-7) of section 1521(a).
- (b) Unless extended under [section 1521(a)(6)](/usc/11/1521.md?p=a-6), the relief granted under this section terminates when the [petition](/usc/11/101.md?p=42) for [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7) is granted.
- (c) It is a ground for denial of relief under this section that such relief would interfere with the administration of a [foreign main proceeding](/usc/11/1502.md?p=4).
- (d) The court may not enjoin a police or regulatory act of a [governmental unit](/usc/11/101.md?p=27), including a criminal action or proceeding, under this section.
- (e) The standards, procedures, and limitations applicable to an injunction shall apply to relief under this section.
- (f) The exercise of rights not subject to the stay arising under [section 362(a)](/usc/11/362.md?p=a) pursuant to paragraph [(6)](/usc/11/362.md?p=b-6), [(7)](/usc/11/362.md?p=b-7), [(17)](/usc/11/362.md?p=b-17), or [(27)](/usc/11/362.md?p=b-27) of section 362(b) or pursuant to [section 362(o)](/usc/11/362.md?p=o) shall not be stayed by any order of a court or administrative agency in any proceeding under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 140; amended Pub. L. 111–327, § 2(a)(46), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3562.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2010—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 111–327 substituted “362(o)” for “362(n)”.

### 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.