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Title 11 - Bankruptcy
Chapter 5 - Creditors, the Debtor, and the Estate
Subchapter III - The Estate
Sec. 558 - Defenses of the estate
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| 11 U.S.C. § 558 (2019) |
| §558. Defenses of the estate |
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The estate shall have the benefit of any defense available to the debtor as against any entity other than the estate, including statutes of limitation, statutes of frauds, usury, and other personal defenses. A waiver of any such defense by the debtor after the commencement of the case does not bind the estate. |
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(Added Pub. L. 98–353, title III, §470(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 380.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective with respect to cases filed 90 days after July 10, 1984, see section 552(a) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note under section 101 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 11 - BANKRUPTCY |
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| Title 11 - BANKRUPTCY CHAPTER 5 - CREDITORS, THE DEBTOR, AND THE ESTATE SUBCHAPTER III - THE ESTATE Sec. 558 - Defenses of the estate |
| section 558 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
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| 98 Stat. 380 |
| Public Law 98-353 |
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