source:
  type: regulation
  id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326
  authority: Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.) § 1326 — Payments
  description: 'Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.), §1326 Payments. Captured section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-a
  canonical_id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-a
  section: 11 U.S.C. §1326(a)
  description: 'Payments — (a): (a) (1) Unless the court orders otherwise, the debtor shall commence making payments
    not later than 30 days after the date of the filing of the plan or the order for relief, whichever is earlier,
    in the amount— (A) proposed by the plan to the trustee; (B) scheduled in a lease of personal property di…'
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.) § 1326
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/1326
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    paragraph_quote: (a) (1) Unless the court orders otherwise, the debtor shall commence making payments not later
      than 30 days after the date of the filing of the plan or the order for relief, whichever is earlier, in the
      amount— (A) proposed by the plan to the trustee; (B) scheduled in a lease of personal property directly to
      the lessor for that portion of the obligation that becomes due after the order for relief, reducing the payments
      under subparagraph (A) by the amount so paid and providing the trustee with evidence of such payment, including
      the amount and date of payment; and (C) that provides adequate protection directly to a creditor holding an
      allowed claim secured by personal property to the extent the claim is attributable to the purchase of such
      property by the debtor for that portion of the obligation that becomes due after the order for relief, reducing
      the payments under subparagraph (A) by the amount so paid and providing the trustee with evidence of such
      payment, including the amount and date of payment. (2) A payment made under paragraph (1)(A) shall be retained
      by the trustee until confirmation or denial of confirmation. If a plan is confirmed, the trustee shall distribute
      any such payment in accordance with the plan as soon as is practicable. If a plan is not confirmed, the trustee
      shall return any such payments not previously paid and not yet due and owing to creditors pursuant to paragraph
      (3) to the debtor, after deducting any unpaid claim allowed under section 503(b). (3) Subject to section 363,
      the court may, upon notice and a hearing, modify, increase, or reduce the payments required under this subsection
      pending confirmation of a plan. (4) Not later than 60 days after the date of filing of a case under this chapter,
      a debtor retaining possession of personal property subject to a lease or securing a claim attributable in
      whole or in part to the purchase price of such property shall provide the lessor or secured creditor reasonable
      evidence of the maintenance of any required insurance coverage with respect to the use or ownership of such
      property and continue to do so for so long as the debtor retains possession of such property.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 11 U.S.C. §1326 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot 62f4ca2c668c1847;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-b
  canonical_id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-b
  section: 11 U.S.C. §1326(b)
  description: 'Payments — (b): (b) Before or at the time of each payment to creditors under the plan, there shall
    be paid— (1) any unpaid claim of the kind specified in section 507(a)(2) of this title ; (2) if a standing trustee
    appointed under section 586(b) of title 28 is serving in the case, the percentage fee fixed for such s…'
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.) § 1326
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/1326
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    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
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    paragraph_quote: (b) Before or at the time of each payment to creditors under the plan, there shall be paid—
      (1) any unpaid claim of the kind specified in section 507(a)(2) of this title ; (2) if a standing trustee
      appointed under section 586(b) of title 28 is serving in the case, the percentage fee fixed for such standing
      trustee under section 586(e)(1)(B) of title 28 ; and (3) if a chapter 7 trustee has been allowed compensation
      due to the conversion or dismissal of the debtor’s prior case pursuant to section 707(b), and some portion
      of that compensation remains unpaid in a case converted to this chapter or in the case dismissed under section
      707(b) and refiled under this chapter, the amount of any such unpaid compensation, which shall be paid monthly—
      (A) by prorating such amount over the remaining duration of the plan; and (B) by monthly payments not to exceed
      the greater of—
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 11 U.S.C. §1326 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot 62f4ca2c668c1847;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-i
  canonical_id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-i
  section: 11 U.S.C. §1326(i)
  description: 'Payments — (i): (i) $25; [1] or (ii) the amount payable to unsecured nonpriority creditors, as provided
    by the plan, multiplied by 5 percent, and the result divided by the number of months in the plan.'
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.) § 1326
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/1326
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    paragraph_quote: (i) $25; [1] or (ii) the amount payable to unsecured nonpriority creditors, as provided by
      the plan, multiplied by 5 percent, and the result divided by the number of months in the plan.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 11 U.S.C. §1326 subsection (i) from Cornell LII snapshot 62f4ca2c668c1847;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-c
  canonical_id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-c
  section: 11 U.S.C. §1326(c)
  description: 'Payments — (c): (c) Except as otherwise provided in the plan or in the order confirming the plan,
    the trustee shall make payments to creditors under the plan.'
  type: do
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.) § 1326
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/1326
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    paragraph_quote: (c) Except as otherwise provided in the plan or in the order confirming the plan, the trustee
      shall make payments to creditors under the plan.
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      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-d
  canonical_id: bankruptcy-11usc-1326-d
  section: 11 U.S.C. §1326(d)
  description: 'Payments — (d): (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title— (1) compensation referred
    to in subsection (b)(3) is payable and may be collected by the trustee under that paragraph, even if such amount
    has been discharged in a prior case under this title; and (2) such compensation is payable in a case under…'
  type: do
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.) § 1326
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/1326
    snapshot_id: 62f4ca2c668c1847
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
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    paragraph_quote: (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title— (1) compensation referred to in subsection
      (b)(3) is payable and may be collected by the trustee under that paragraph, even if such amount has been discharged
      in a prior case under this title; and (2) such compensation is payable in a case under this chapter only to
      the extent permitted by subsection (b)(3). ( Pub. L. 95–598 , Nov. 6, 1978 , 92 Stat. 2650 ; Pub. L. 98–353,
      title III , §§ 318(a), 531, July 10, 1984 , 98 Stat. 357 , 389; Pub. L. 99–554, title II , §§ 230, 283(z),
      Oct. 27, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3103 , 3118; Pub. L. 103–394, title III, § 307 , Oct. 22, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4135
      ; Pub. L. 109–8, title III, § 309(c)(2) , title XII, § 1224, title XV, § 1502(a)(10), Apr. 20, 2005 , 119
      Stat. 83 , 199, 217.) [1] See Adjustment of Dollar Amounts notes below. Historical and Revision Notes legislative
      statements Section 1326(a)(2) of the House amendment adopts a comparable provision contained in the House
      bill providing for standing trustees. senate report no. 95–989 Section 1326 supplements the priorities provisions
      of section 507. Subsection (a) requires accrued costs of administration and filing fees, as well as fees due
      the chapter 13 trustee, to be disbursed before payments to creditors under the plan. Subsection (b) makes
      it clear that the chapter 13 trustee is normally to make distribution to creditors of the payments made under
      the plan by the debtor. house report no. 95–595 Subsection (a) requires that before or at the time of each
      payment any outstanding administrative expenses [and] any percentage fee due for a private standing chapter
      13 trustee be paid in full.
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  judgment: false
