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§1184 Rights and Powers of a Debtor in Possession

Title 11 › Chapter 11— REORGANIZATION › Subchapter V— SMALL BUSINESS DEBTOR REORGANIZATION › § 1184

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Debtor in possession gets a trustee's rights, powers, and duties in a case under this chapter, subject to court limits, except no trustee pay under section 330 and not the duties in section 1106(a)(2)–(4).

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Title 11, §1184

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Subject to such limitations or conditions as the court may prescribe, a debtor in possession shall have all the rights, other than the right to compensation under section 330 of this title, and powers, and shall perform all functions and duties, except the duties specified in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 1106(a) of this title, of a trustee serving in a case under this chapter, including operating the business of the debtor.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Aug. 23, 2019, see section 5 of Pub. L. 116–54, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2019 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.

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Citation

11 U.S.C. § 1184

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Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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