---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1531"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1531"
heading: "Presumption of insolvency based on recognition of a foreign main proceeding"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1531"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases"
  - "Subchapter V — Concurrent Proceedings"
---

# §1531. Presumption of insolvency based on recognition of a foreign main proceeding


In the absence of evidence to the contrary, [recognition](/usc/11/1502.md?p=7) of a [foreign main proceeding](/usc/11/1502.md?p=4) is, for the purpose of commencing a proceeding under [section 303](/usc/11/303.md), proof that the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1) is generally not paying its [debts](/usc/11/101.md?p=12) as such [debts](/usc/11/101.md?p=12) become due.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 144.)

## 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.