11 U.S.C. § 1221
Section 1221 · Filing of plan
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 47 court decisions — leading case Greseth v. Federal Land Bank (In Re Greseth) (1987)
Most recently applied in In re Akers (January 2019)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The debtor shall file a plan not later than 90 days after the order for relief under this chapter, except that the court may extend such period if the need for an extension is attributable to circumstances for which the debtor should not justly be held accountable.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Repeal of Section
Section repealed effective Oct. 1, 1998, see note set out preceding section 1201 of this title.
Amendments
1993—Pub. L. 103–65 substituted “the need for an extension is attributable to circumstances for which the debtor should not justly be held accountable” for “an extension is substantially justified”.
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Section 3 of Pub. L. 103–65 provided that:
“(a) Effective Date.—Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act [amending this section and provisions set out as a note under section 581 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure] and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 6, 1993].
“(b) Application of Amendment Made by Section 2.—The amendment made by section 2 [amending this section] shall not apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code before the date of the enactment of this Act.”