11 U.S.C. § 349 : US Code - Section 349: Effect of dismissal

Search 11 U.S.C. § 349 : US Code - Section 349: Effect of dismissal

(a) Unless the court, for cause, orders otherwise, the dismissal
of a case under this title does not bar the discharge, in a later
case under this title, of debts that were dischargeable in the case
dismissed; nor does the dismissal of a case under this title
prejudice the debtor with regard to the filing of a subsequent
petition under this title, except as provided in section 109(g) of
this title.
(b) Unless the court, for cause, orders otherwise, a dismissal of
a case other than under section 742 of this title -
(1) reinstates -
(A) any proceeding or custodianship superseded under section
543 of this title;
(B) any transfer avoided under section 522, 544, 545, 547,
548, 549, or 724(a) of this title, or preserved under section
510(c)(2), 522(i)(2), or 551 of this title; and
(C) any lien voided under section 506(d) of this title;
(2) vacates any order, judgment, or transfer ordered, under
section 522(i)(1), 542, 550, or 553 of this title; and
(3) revests the property of the estate in the entity in which
such property was vested immediately before the commencement of
the case under this title.
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