Title 11 of the United States Code
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Bankruptcy in the United States |
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Title 11 of the United States Code, also known as the United States Bankruptcy Code, is the source of bankruptcy law in the United States Code.[1]
Chapters
Title 11 is subdivided into nine chapters. It used to include more chapters, but some of them have since been repealed in their entirety. The nine chapters are:[2]
- Chapter 1: General Provisions
- Chapter 3: Case Administration
- Chapter 5: Creditors, the Debtor and the Estate
- Chapter 7: Liquidation
- Chapter 9 : Adjustment of Debts of a Municipality
- Chapter 11: Reorganization
- Chapter 12: Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer or Fisherman with Regular Annual Income
- Chapter 13: Adjustment of Debts of an Individual with Regular Income
- Chapter 15: Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases
References
- ^ U.S. Code Title 11
- ^ "United States Code". Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
Further reading
United States Bankruptcy Code; 2019 Edition, Michigan Legal Publishing Ltd., 2019, ISBN 9781640020542
External links
- United States Bankruptcy Code via usbankruptcycode.org
- U.S. Code Title 11, via United States Government Publishing Office
- U.S. Code Title 11, via Cornell University