Title 11 of the United States Code

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 It used to include more chapters, but some of them have since been repealed in their entirety.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

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

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[1] U.S. Code Title 11

[2] "United States Code". Office of the Law Revision Counsel . Retrieved November 24, 2015.

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Title 11 of the United States Code

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Chapters

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