Title_11,_United_States_Code

Title 11 of the United States Code

Title 11 of the United States Code

U.S. federal statutes on bankruptcy

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 It used to include more chapters, but some of them have since been repealed in their entirety.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

  1. [1]
    U.S. Code Title 11
  2. [2]
    "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

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