Title 11 U.S.C. — Bankruptcy

280 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
• § 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• § 304 — Repealed.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]
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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]
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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
• § 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