Title 11 — Bankruptcy
280 sections across 9 chapters.
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Ch. 1 — Rules of construction 12 sections
- § 101 Definitions
- § 102 Rules of construction
- § 103 Applicability of chapters
- § 104 Adjustment of dollar amounts
- § 105 Power of court
- § 106 Waiver of sovereign immunity
- § 107 Public access to papers
- § 108 Extension of time
- § 109 Who may be a debtor
- § 110 Penalty for persons who negligently or fraudulently prepare bankruptcy petitions
- § 111 Nonprofit budget and credit counseling agencies; financial management instructional courses
- § 112 Prohibition on disclosure of name of minor children
Ch. 3 — Voluntary cases 1 inactive 37 sections
- § 301 Voluntary cases
- § 302 Joint cases
- § 303 Involuntary cases
- § 304 Repealed. Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 802(d)(3) , Apr. 20, 2005 , 119 Stat. 146 ] Repealed
- § 305 Abstention
- § 306 Limited appearance
- § 307 United States trustee
- § 308 Debtor reporting requirements
- § 321 Eligibility to serve as trustee
- § 322 Qualification of trustee
- § 323 Role and capacity of trustee
- § 324 Removal of trustee or examiner
- § 325 Effect of vacancy
- § 326 Limitation on compensation of trustee
- § 327 Employment of professional persons
- § 328 Limitation on compensation of professional persons
- § 329 Debtor’s transactions with attorneys
- § 330 Compensation of officers
- § 331 Interim compensation
- § 332 Consumer privacy ombudsman
- § 333 Appointment of patient care ombudsman
- § 341 Meetings of creditors and equity security holders
- § 342 Notice
- § 343 Examination of the debtor
- § 344 Self-incrimination; immunity
- § 345 Money of estates
- § 346 Special provisions related to the treatment of State and local taxes
- § 347 Unclaimed property
- § 348 Effect of conversion
- § 349 Effect of dismissal
- § 350 Closing and reopening cases
- § 351 Disposal of patient records
- § 361 Adequate protection
- § 362 Automatic stay
- § 363 Use, sale, or lease of property
- § 364 Obtaining credit
- § 365 Executory contracts and unexpired leases
- § 366 Utility service
Ch. 5 — Filing of proofs of claims or interests 41 sections
- § 501 Filing of proofs of claims or interests
- § 502 Allowance of claims or interests
- § 503 Allowance of administrative expenses
- § 504 Sharing of compensation
- § 505 Determination of tax liability
- § 506 Determination of secured status
- § 507 Priorities
- § 508 Effect of distribution other than under this title
- § 509 Claims of codebtors
- § 510 Subordination
- § 511 Rate of interest on tax claims
- § 521 Debtor’s duties
- § 522 Exemptions
- § 523 Exceptions to discharge
- § 524 Effect of discharge
- § 525 Protection against discriminatory treatment
- § 526 Restrictions on debt relief agencies
- § 527 Disclosures
- § 528 Requirements for debt relief agencies
- § 541 Property of the estate
- § 542 Turnover of property to the estate
- § 543 Turnover of property by a custodian
- § 544 Trustee as lien creditor and as successor to certain creditors and purchasers
- § 545 Statutory liens
- § 546 Limitations on avoiding powers
- § 547 Preferences
- § 548 Fraudulent transfers and obligations
- § 549 Postpetition transactions
- § 550 Liability of transferee of avoided transfer
- § 551 Automatic preservation of avoided transfer
- § 552 Postpetition effect of security interest
- § 553 Setoff
- § 554 Abandonment of property of the estate
- § 555 Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a securities contract
- § 556 Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a commodities contract or forward contract
- § 557 Expedited determination of interests in, and abandonment or other disposition of grain assets
- § 558 Defenses of the estate
- § 559 Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a repurchase agreement
- § 560 Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a swap agreement
- § 561 Contractual right to terminate, liquidate, accelerate, or offset under a master netting agreement and across contracts; proceedings under chapter 15
- § 562 Timing of damage measurement in connection with swap agreements, securities contracts, forward contracts, commodity contracts, repurchase agreements, and master netting agreements
Ch. 7 — Interim trustee 1 inactive 38 sections
- § 701 Interim trustee
- § 702 Election of trustee
- § 703 Successor trustee
- § 704 Duties of trustee
- § 705 Creditors’ committee
- § 706 Conversion
- § 707 Dismissal of a case or conversion to a case under chapter 11 or 13
- § 721 Authorization to operate business
- § 722 Redemption
- § 723 Rights of partnership trustee against general partners
- § 724 Treatment of certain liens
- § 725 Disposition of certain property
- § 726 Distribution of property of the estate
- § 727 Discharge
- § 728 Repealed. Pub. L. 109–8, title VII, § 719(b)(1) , Apr. 20, 2005 , 119 Stat. 133 ] Repealed
- § 741 Definitions for this subchapter
- § 742 Effect of section 362 of this title in this subchapter
- § 743 Notice
- § 744 Executory contracts
- § 745 Treatment of accounts
- § 746 Extent of customer claims
- § 747 Subordination of certain customer claims
- § 748 Reduction of securities to money
- § 749 Voidable transfers
- § 750 Distribution of securities
- § 751 Customer name securities
- § 752 Customer property
- § 753 Stockbroker liquidation and forward contract merchants, commodity brokers, stockbrokers, financial institutions, financial participants, securities clearing agencies, swap participants, repo participants, and master netting agreement participants
- § 761 Definitions for this subchapter
- § 762 Notice to the Commission and right to be heard
- § 763 Treatment of accounts
- § 764 Voidable transfers
- § 765 Customer instructions
- § 766 Treatment of customer property
- § 767 Commodity broker liquidation and forward contract merchants, commodity brokers, stockbrokers, financial institutions, financial participants, securities clearing agencies, swap participants, repo participants, and master netting agreement participants
- § 781 Definitions
- § 782 Selection of trustee
- § 783 Additional powers of trustee
- § 784 Right to be heard
Ch. 9 — Applicability of other sections of this title 20 sections
- § 901 Applicability of other sections of this title
- § 902 Definitions for this chapter
- § 903 Reservation of State power to control municipalities
- § 904 Limitation on jurisdiction and powers of court
- § 921 Petition and proceedings relating to petition
- § 922 Automatic stay of enforcement of claims against the debtor
- § 923 Notice
- § 924 List of creditors
- § 925 Effect of list of claims
- § 926 Avoiding powers
- § 927 Limitation on recourse
- § 928 Post petition effect of security interest
- § 929 Municipal leases
- § 930 Dismissal
- § 941 Filing of plan
- § 942 Modification of plan
- § 943 Confirmation
- § 944 Effect of confirmation
- § 945 Continuing jurisdiction and closing of the case
- § 946 Effect of exchange of securities before the date of the filing of the petition
Ch. 11 — Creditors’ and equity security holders’ committees 60 sections
- § 1101 Definitions for this chapter
- § 1102 Creditors’ and equity security holders’ committees
- § 1103 Powers and duties of committees
- § 1104 Appointment of trustee or examiner
- § 1105 Termination of trustee’s appointment
- § 1106 Duties of trustee and examiner
- § 1107 Rights, powers, and duties of debtor in possession
- § 1108 Authorization to operate business
- § 1109 Right to be heard
- § 1110 Aircraft equipment and vessels
- § 1111 Claims and interests
- § 1112 Conversion or dismissal
- § 1113 Rejection of collective bargaining agreements
- § 1114 Payment of insurance benefits to retired employees
- § 1115 Property of the estate
- § 1116 Duties of trustee or debtor in possession in small business cases
- § 1121 Who may file a plan
- § 1122 Classification of claims or interests
- § 1123 Contents of plan
- § 1124 Impairment of claims or interests
- § 1125 Postpetition disclosure and solicitation
- § 1126 Acceptance of plan
- § 1127 Modification of plan
- § 1128 Confirmation hearing
- § 1129 Confirmation of plan
- § 1141 Effect of confirmation
- § 1142 Implementation of plan
- § 1143 Distribution
- § 1144 Revocation of an order of confirmation
- § 1145 Exemption from securities laws
- § 1146 Special tax provisions
- § 1161 Inapplicability of other sections
- § 1162 Definition
- § 1163 Appointment of trustee
- § 1164 Right to be heard
- § 1165 Protection of the public interest
- § 1166 Effect of subtitle IV of title 49 and of Federal, State, or local regulations
- § 1167 Collective bargaining agreements
- § 1168 Rolling stock equipment
- § 1169 Effect of rejection of lease of railroad line
- § 1170 Abandonment of railroad line
- § 1171 Priority claims
- § 1172 Contents of plan
- § 1173 Confirmation of plan
- § 1174 Liquidation
- § 1181 Inapplicability of other sections
- § 1182 Definitions
- § 1183 Trustee
- § 1184 Rights and powers of a debtor in possession
- § 1185 Removal of debtor in possession
- § 1186 Property of the estate
- § 1187 Duties and reporting requirements of debtors
- § 1188 Status conference
- § 1189 Filing of the plan
- § 1190 Contents of plan
- § 1191 Confirmation of plan
- § 1192 Discharge
- § 1193 Modification of plan
- § 1194 Payments
- § 1195 Transactions with professionals
Ch. 12 — Stay of action against codebtor 20 sections
- § 1201 Stay of action against codebtor
- § 1202 Trustee
- § 1203 Rights and powers of debtor
- § 1204 Removal of debtor as debtor in possession
- § 1205 Adequate protection
- § 1206 Sales free of interests
- § 1207 Property of the estate
- § 1208 Conversion or dismissal
- § 1221 Filing of plan
- § 1222 Contents of plan
- § 1223 Modification of plan before confirmation
- § 1224 Confirmation hearing
- § 1225 Confirmation of plan
- § 1226 Payments
- § 1227 Effect of confirmation
- § 1228 Discharge
- § 1229 Modification of plan after confirmation
- § 1230 Revocation of an order of confirmation
- § 1231 Special tax provisions
- § 1232 Claim by a governmental unit based on the disposition of property used in a farming operation
Ch. 13 — Stay of action against codebtor 18 sections
- § 1301 Stay of action against codebtor
- § 1302 Trustee
- § 1303 Rights and powers of debtor
- § 1304 Debtor engaged in business
- § 1305 Filing and allowance of postpetition claims
- § 1306 Property of the estate
- § 1307 Conversion or dismissal
- § 1308 Filing of prepetition tax returns
- § 1321 Filing of plan
- § 1322 Contents of plan
- § 1323 Modification of plan before confirmation
- § 1324 Confirmation hearing
- § 1325 Confirmation of plan
- § 1326 Payments
- § 1327 Effect of confirmation
- § 1328 Discharge
- § 1329 Modification of plan after confirmation
- § 1330 Revocation of an order of confirmation
Ch. 15 — International obligations of the United States 32 sections
- § 1501 Purpose and scope of application
- § 1502 Definitions
- § 1503 International obligations of the United States
- § 1504 Commencement of ancillary case
- § 1505 Authorization to act in a foreign country
- § 1506 Public policy exception
- § 1507 Additional assistance
- § 1508 Interpretation
- § 1509 Right of direct access
- § 1510 Limited jurisdiction
- § 1511 Commencement of case under section 301, 302, or 303
- § 1512 Participation of a foreign representative in a case under this title
- § 1513 Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title
- § 1514 Notification to foreign creditors concerning a case under this title
- § 1515 Application for recognition
- § 1516 Presumptions concerning recognition
- § 1517 Order granting recognition
- § 1518 Subsequent information
- § 1519 Relief that may be granted upon filing petition for recognition
- § 1520 Effects of recognition of a foreign main proceeding
- § 1521 Relief that may be granted upon recognition
- § 1522 Protection of creditors and other interested persons
- § 1523 Actions to avoid acts detrimental to creditors
- § 1524 Intervention by a foreign representative
- § 1525 Cooperation and direct communication between the court and foreign courts or foreign representatives
- § 1526 Cooperation and direct communication between the trustee and foreign courts or foreign representatives
- § 1527 Forms of cooperation
- § 1528 Commencement of a case under this title after recognition of a foreign main proceeding
- § 1529 Coordination of a case under this title and a foreign proceeding
- § 1530 Coordination of more than 1 foreign proceeding
- § 1531 Presumption of insolvency based on recognition of a foreign main proceeding
- § 1532 Rule of payment in concurrent proceedings