---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1521"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1521"
heading: "Relief that may be granted upon recognition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1521"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases"
  - "Subchapter III — Recognition of a Foreign Proceeding and Relief"
---

# §1521. Relief that may be granted upon recognition

- (a) Upon [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7) of a [foreign proceeding](/usc/11/101.md?p=23), whether main or nonmain, where necessary to effectuate the purpose of this chapter and 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), the court may, at the request of the [foreign representative](/usc/11/101.md?p=24), grant any appropriate relief, including—
  - (1) staying the commencement or continuation of an individual action or proceeding concerning the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1)’s assets, rights, obligations or liabilities to the extent they have not been stayed under [section 1520(a)](/usc/11/1520.md?p=a);
  - (2) staying execution against the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1)’s assets to the extent it has not been stayed under [section 1520(a)](/usc/11/1520.md?p=a);
  - (3) suspending the right to [transfer](/usc/11/101.md?p=54), encumber or otherwise dispose of any assets of the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1) to the extent this right has not been suspended under [section 1520(a)](/usc/11/1520.md?p=a);
  - (4) providing for the examination of witnesses, the taking of evidence or the delivery of information concerning the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1)’s assets, affairs, rights, obligations or liabilities;
  - (5) entrusting the administration or realization of all or part of the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1)’s assets within the territorial jurisdiction of 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), including an examiner, authorized by the court;
  - (6) extending relief granted under [section 1519(a)](/usc/11/1519.md?p=a); and
  - (7) granting any additional relief that may be available to a [trustee](/usc/11/1502.md?p=6), except for relief available under sections [522](/usc/11/522.md), [544](/usc/11/544.md), [545](/usc/11/545.md), [547](/usc/11/547.md), [548](/usc/11/548.md), [550](/usc/11/550.md), and [724(a)](/usc/11/724.md?p=a).
- (b) Upon [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7) of a [foreign proceeding](/usc/11/101.md?p=23), whether main or nonmain, the court may, at the request of the [foreign representative](/usc/11/101.md?p=24), entrust the distribution 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), including an examiner, authorized by the court, provided that the court is satisfied that the interests of [creditors](/usc/11/101.md?p=10) in the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55) are sufficiently protected.
- (c) In granting relief under this section to a representative of a [foreign nonmain proceeding](/usc/11/1502.md?p=5), the court must be satisfied that the relief relates to assets that, under the law of the [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55), should be administered in the [foreign nonmain proceeding](/usc/11/1502.md?p=5) or concerns information required in that proceeding.
- (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 paragraphs [(1)](#a-1), [(2)](#a-2), [(3)](#a-3), and [(6)](#a-6) of subsection (a).
- (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. 141; amended Pub. L. 111–327, § 2(a)(47), 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.