11 USC § 324 - Removal of trustee or examiner

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title: "11 USC § 324 - Removal of trustee or examiner"
title_number: 11
title_name: "BANKRUPTCY"
section_number: "324"
section_name: "Removal of trustee or examiner"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "CASE ADMINISTRATION"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2562; Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 208, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098.)"
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# § 324. Removal of trustee or examiner

**(a)** The court, after notice and a hearing, may remove a trustee, other than the United States trustee, or an examiner, for cause.

**(b)** Whenever the court removes a trustee or examiner under subsection (a) in a case under this title, such trustee or examiner shall thereby be removed in all other cases under this title in which such trustee or examiner is then serving unless the court orders otherwise.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2562; Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 208, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

### senate report no. 95–989

This section permits the court, after notice and a hearing, to remove a trustee for cause.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1986— amended section generally, designating existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituting “a trustee, other than the United States trustee, or an examiner” for “a trustee or an examiner”, and adding subsec. (b).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Effective date and applicability of amendment by  dependent upon the judicial district involved, see section 302(d), (e) of , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.