11 U.S.C. § 1321
Section 1321 · Filing of plan
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 162 court decisions — leading case Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass. (2007)
Most recently applied in Sheila Trantham v. Steven Tate (August 2024)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 11 U.S.C. § 1325 · 11 U.S.C. § 1322 · 11 U.S.C. § 1307
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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Chapter 13 contemplates the filing of a plan only by the debtor.