§922 Automatic Stay of Enforcement of Claims Against the Debtor

Summary

Filing a petition under this chapter creates an extra automatic stay that stops people and organizations from starting or continuing lawsuits or other actions that try to collect from the debtor by going after an officer or inhabitant of the debtor. It also stops enforcing liens that come from taxes or assessments the debtor is owed. The rules in section 362(c)–(g) apply to this stay the same way they apply to the stay in section 362(a). If the debtor gives adequate protection to a secured creditor under sections 362, 364, or 922, and the creditor still gets a claim because of the stay or because a lien is granted under section 364(d), that claim must be allowed as an administrative expense under section 503(b). However, using pledged special revenues to pay debt in the way allowed by section 927 is not stopped by the petition or by section 362.