48 USC § 2195 - Protection from inter-debtor transfers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s2195"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 2195 - Protection from inter-debtor transfers"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "2195"
section_name: "Protection from inter-debtor transfers"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–187, title IV, § 407, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 592.)"
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# § 2195. Protection from inter-debtor transfers

**(a)** **Protection of creditors** While an Oversight Board for Puerto Rico is in existence, if any property of any territorial instrumentality of Puerto Rico is transferred in violation of applicable law under which any creditor has a valid pledge of, security interest in, or lien on such property, or which deprives any such territorial instrumentality of property in violation of applicable law assuring the transfer of such property to such territorial instrumentality for the benefit of its creditors, then the transferee shall be liable for the value of such property.

**(b)** **Enforceability** section 2194 of this title

A creditor may enforce rights under this section by bringing an action in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico after the expiration or lifting of the stay of , unless a stay under subchapter III is in effect.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–187, title IV, § 407, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 592.)