Title 11: BANKRUPTCY
Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Section 101: Definitions
- Section 102: Rules of construction
- Section 103: Applicability of chapters
- Section 104: Adjustment of dollar amounts
- Section 105: Power of court
- Section 106: Waiver of sovereign immunity
- Section 107: Public access to papers
- Section 108: Extension of time
- Section 109: Who may be a debtor
- Section 110: Penalty for persons who negligently or fraudulently prepare bankruptcy petitions
- Section 111: Nonprofit budget and credit counseling agencies; financial management instructional courses
- Section 112: Prohibition on disclosure of name of minor children
Chapter 3: CASE ADMINISTRATION
- Subchapter I: COMMENCEMENT OF A CASE
- Section 301: Voluntary cases
- Section 302: Joint cases
- Section 303: Involuntary cases
- [Section 304: Repealed. Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 802(d)(3), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 146]
- Section 305: Abstention
- Section 306: Limited appearance
- Section 307: United States trustee
- Section 308: Debtor reporting requirements
- Subchapter II: OFFICERS
- Section 321: Eligibility to serve as trustee
- Section 322: Qualification of trustee
- Section 323: Role and capacity of trustee
- Section 324: Removal of trustee or examiner
- Section 325: Effect of vacancy
- Section 326: Limitation on compensation of trustee
- Section 327: Employment of professional persons
- Section 328: Limitation on compensation of professional persons
- Section 329: Debtor’s transactions with attorneys
- Section 330: Compensation of officers
- Section 331: Interim compensation
- Section 332: Consumer privacy ombudsman
- Section 333: Appointment of patient care ombudsman
- Subchapter III: ADMINISTRATION
- Section 341: Meetings of creditors and equity security holders
- Section 342: Notice
- Section 343: Examination of the debtor
- Section 344: Self-incrimination; immunity
- Section 345: Money of estates
- Section 346: Special provisions related to the treatment of State and local taxes
- Section 347: Unclaimed property
- Section 348: Effect of conversion
- Section 349: Effect of dismissal
- Section 350: Closing and reopening cases
- Section 351: Disposal of patient records
- Subchapter IV: ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS
Chapter 5: CREDITORS, THE DEBTOR, AND THE ESTATE
- Subchapter I: CREDITORS AND CLAIMS
- Section 501: Filing of proofs of claims or interests
- Section 502: Allowance of claims or interests
- Section 503: Allowance of administrative expenses
- Section 504: Sharing of compensation
- Section 505: Determination of tax liability
- Section 506: Determination of secured status
- Section 507: Priorities
- Section 508: Effect of distribution other than under this title
- Section 509: Claims of codebtors
- Section 510: Subordination
- Section 511: Rate of interest on tax claims
- Subchapter II: DEBTOR’S DUTIES AND BENEFITS
- Subchapter III: THE ESTATE
- Section 541: Property of the estate
- Section 542: Turnover of property to the estate
- Section 543: Turnover of property by a custodian
- Section 544: Trustee as lien creditor and as successor to certain creditors and purchasers
- Section 545: Statutory liens
- Section 546: Limitations on avoiding powers
- Section 547: Preferences
- Section 548: Fraudulent transfers and obligations
- Section 549: Postpetition transactions
- Section 550: Liability of transferee of avoided transfer
- Section 551: Automatic preservation of avoided transfer
- Section 552: Postpetition effect of security interest
- Section 553: Setoff
- Section 554: Abandonment of property of the estate
- Section 555: Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a securities contract
- Section 556: Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a commodities contract or forward contract
- Section 557: Expedited determination of interests in, and abandonment or other disposition of grain assets
- Section 558: Defenses of the estate
- Section 559: Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a repurchase agreement
- Section 560: Contractual right to liquidate, terminate, or accelerate a swap agreement
- Section 561: Contractual right to terminate, liquidate, accelerate, or offset under a master netting agreement and across contracts; proceedings under chapter 15
- Section 562: Timing of damage measurement in connection with swap agreements, securities contracts, forward contracts, commodity contracts, repurchase agreements, and master netting agreements
Chapter 7: LIQUIDATION
- Subchapter I: OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION
- Subchapter II: COLLECTION, LIQUIDATION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE
- Section 721: Authorization to operate business
- Section 722: Redemption
- Section 723: Rights of partnership trustee against general partners
- Section 724: Treatment of certain liens
- Section 725: Disposition of certain property
- Section 726: Distribution of property of the estate
- Section 727: Discharge
- [Section 728: Repealed. Pub. L. 109–8, title VII, § 719(b)(1), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 133]
- Subchapter III: STOCKBROKER LIQUIDATION
- Section 741: Definitions for this subchapter
- Section 742: Effect of section 362 of this title in this subchapter
- Section 743: Notice
- Section 744: Executory contracts
- Section 745: Treatment of accounts
- Section 746: Extent of customer claims
- Section 747: Subordination of certain customer claims
- Section 748: Reduction of securities to money
- Section 749: Voidable transfers
- Section 750: Distribution of securities
- Section 751: Customer name securities
- Section 752: Customer property
- Section 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
- Subchapter IV: COMMODITY BROKER LIQUIDATION
- Section 761: Definitions for this subchapter
- Section 762: Notice to the Commission and right to be heard
- Section 763: Treatment of accounts
- Section 764: Voidable transfers
- Section 765: Customer instructions
- Section 766: Treatment of customer property
- Section 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
- Subchapter V: CLEARING BANK LIQUIDATION
Chapter 9: ADJUSTMENT OF DEBTS OF A MUNICIPALITY
- Subchapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Subchapter II: ADMINISTRATION
- Section 921: Petition and proceedings relating to petition
- Section 922: Automatic stay of enforcement of claims against the debtor
- Section 923: Notice
- Section 924: List of creditors
- Section 925: Effect of list of claims
- Section 926: Avoiding powers
- Section 927: Limitation on recourse
- Section 928: Post petition effect of security interest
- Section 929: Municipal leases
- Section 930: Dismissal
- Subchapter III: THE PLAN
Chapter 11: REORGANIZATION
- Subchapter I: OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION
- Section 1101: Definitions for this chapter
- Section 1102: Creditors’ and equity security holders’ committees
- Section 1103: Powers and duties of committees
- Section 1104: Appointment of trustee or examiner
- Section 1105: Termination of trustee’s appointment
- Section 1106: Duties of trustee and examiner
- Section 1107: Rights, powers, and duties of debtor in possession
- Section 1108: Authorization to operate business
- Section 1109: Right to be heard
- Section 1110: Aircraft equipment and vessels
- Section 1111: Claims and interests
- Section 1112: Conversion or dismissal
- Section 1113: Rejection of collective bargaining agreements
- Section 1114: Payment of insurance benefits to retired employees
- Section 1115: Property of the estate
- Section 1116: Duties of trustee or debtor in possession in small business cases
- Subchapter II: THE PLAN
- Section 1121: Who may file a plan
- Section 1122: Classification of claims or interests
- Section 1123: Contents of plan
- Section 1124: Impairment of claims or interests
- Section 1125: Postpetition disclosure and solicitation
- Section 1126: Acceptance of plan
- Section 1127: Modification of plan
- Section 1128: Confirmation hearing
- Section 1129: Confirmation of plan
- Subchapter III: POSTCONFIRMATION MATTERS
- Subchapter IV: RAILROAD REORGANIZATION
- Section 1161: Inapplicability of other sections
- Section 1162: Definition
- Section 1163: Appointment of trustee
- Section 1164: Right to be heard
- Section 1165: Protection of the public interest
- Section 1166: Effect of subtitle IV of title 49 and of Federal, State, or local regulations
- Section 1167: Collective bargaining agreements
- Section 1168: Rolling stock equipment
- Section 1169: Effect of rejection of lease of railroad line
- Section 1170: Abandonment of railroad line
- Section 1171: Priority claims
- Section 1172: Contents of plan
- Section 1173: Confirmation of plan
- Section 1174: Liquidation
Chapter 12: ADJUSTMENT OF DEBTS OF A FAMILY FARMER OR FISHERMAN WITH REGULAR ANNUAL INCOME
- Subchapter I: OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATION, AND THE ESTATE
- Section 1201: Stay of action against codebtor
- Section 1202: Trustee
- Section 1203: Rights and powers of debtor
- Section 1204: Removal of debtor as debtor in possession
- Section 1205: Adequate protection
- Section 1206: Sales free of interests
- Section 1207: Property of the estate
- Section 1208: Conversion or dismissal
- Subchapter II: THE PLAN
- Section 1221: Filing of plan
- Section 1222: Contents of plan
- Section 1223: Modification of plan before confirmation
- Section 1224: Confirmation hearing
- Section 1225: Confirmation of plan
- Section 1226: Payments
- Section 1227: Effect of confirmation
- Section 1228: Discharge
- Section 1229: Modification of plan after confirmation
- Section 1230: Revocation of an order of confirmation
- Section 1231: Special tax provisions
- Section 1232: Claim by a governmental unit based on the disposition of property used in a farming operation
Chapter 13: ADJUSTMENT OF DEBTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL WITH REGULAR INCOME
- Subchapter I: OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATION, AND THE ESTATE
- Section 1301: Stay of action against codebtor
- Section 1302: Trustee
- Section 1303: Rights and powers of debtor
- Section 1304: Debtor engaged in business
- Section 1305: Filing and allowance of postpetition claims
- Section 1306: Property of the estate
- Section 1307: Conversion or dismissal
- Section 1308: Filing of prepetition tax returns
- Subchapter II: THE PLAN
- Section 1321: Filing of plan
- Section 1322: Contents of plan
- Section 1323: Modification of plan before confirmation
- Section 1324: Confirmation hearing
- Section 1325: Confirmation of plan
- Section 1326: Payments
- Section 1327: Effect of confirmation
- Section 1328: Discharge
- Section 1329: Modification of plan after confirmation
- Section 1330: Revocation of an order of confirmation
Chapter 15: ANCILLARY AND OTHER CROSS-BORDER CASES
- Subchapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Subchapter II: ACCESS OF FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES AND CREDITORS TO THE COURT
- Section 1509: Right of direct access
- Section 1510: Limited jurisdiction
- Section 1511: Commencement of case under section 301, 302, or 303
- Section 1512: Participation of a foreign representative in a case under this title
- Section 1513: Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title
- Section 1514: Notification to foreign creditors concerning a case under this title
- Subchapter III: RECOGNITION OF A FOREIGN PROCEEDING AND RELIEF
- Section 1515: Application for recognition
- Section 1516: Presumptions concerning recognition
- Section 1517: Order granting recognition
- Section 1518: Subsequent information
- Section 1519: Relief that may be granted upon filing petition for recognition
- Section 1520: Effects of recognition of a foreign main proceeding
- Section 1521: Relief that may be granted upon recognition
- Section 1522: Protection of creditors and other interested persons
- Section 1523: Actions to avoid acts detrimental to creditors
- Section 1524: Intervention by a foreign representative
- Subchapter IV: COOPERATION WITH FOREIGN COURTS AND FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES
- Subchapter V: CONCURRENT PROCEEDINGS
- Section 1528: Commencement of a case under this title after recognition of a foreign main proceeding
- Section 1529: Coordination of a case under this title and a foreign proceeding
- Section 1530: Coordination of more than 1 foreign proceeding
- Section 1531: Presumption of insolvency based on recognition of a foreign main proceeding
- Section 1532: Rule of payment in concurrent proceedings
- Section 1501: Purpose and scope of application