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]

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United States Code Title 1 - General Provisions Title 2 - The Congress Title 3 - The President Title 4 - Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees Title 6 - Domestic Security Title 7 - Agriculture Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality Title 9 - Arbitration Title 10 - Armed Forces Title 11 - Bankruptcy Title 12 - Banks and Banking Title 13 - Census Title 14 - Coast Guard Title 15 - Commerce and Trade Title 16 - Conservation Title 17 - Copyrights Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure Title 19 - Customs Duties Title 20 - Education Title 21 - Food and Drugs Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse Title 23 - Highways Title 24 - Hospitals and Asylums Title 25 - Indians Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code Title 27 - Intoxicating Liquors Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure Title 29 - Labor Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining Title 31 - Money and Finance Title 32 - National Guard Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement Title 35 - Patents Title 36 - Patriotic Societies and Observances Title 37 - Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services Title 38 - Veterans' Benefits Title 39 - Postal Service Title 40 - Public Buildings, Properties, and Works Title 41 - Public Contracts Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare Title 43 - Public Lands Title 44 - Public Printing and Documents Title 45 - Railroads Title 46 - Shipping Title 47 - Telecommunications Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions Title 49 - Transportation Title 50 - War and National Defense Title 51 - National and Commercial Space Programs Title 52 - Voting and Elections Title 53 - [Reserved] Title 54 - National Park Service and Related Programs
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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 It used to include more chapters, but some of them have since been repealed in their entirety.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

Title 11 of the United States Code: Bankruptcy

	2007 Filings	2008 Filings	2009 Filings
Chapter 7: Liquidation	413,294	560,015	819,362
Chapter 11: Business reorganization	5,199	6,971	11,785
Chapter 12: Family farmers & fishermen	372	343	367
Chapter 13: Individual reorganization	276,649	334,551	370,875

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1: General Provisions 2: The Congress 3: The President 4: Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States 5: Government Organization and Employees 6: Domestic Security (formerly titled Surety Bonds) 7: Agriculture 8: Aliens and Nationality 9: Arbitration 10: Armed Forces 11: Bankruptcy 12: Banks and Banking 13: Census 14: Coast Guard 15: Commerce and Trade 16: Conservation 17: Copyrights 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedure 19: Customs Duties 20: Education 21: Food and Drugs 22: Foreign Relations and Intercourse 23: Highways 24: Hospitals and Asylums 25: Indians 26: Internal Revenue Code 27: Intoxicating Liquors 28: Judiciary and Judicial Procedure 29: Labor 30: Mineral Lands and Mining 31: Money and Finance 32: National Guard 33: Navigable Waters 34: Crime Control and Law Enforcement (formerly titled Navy) 35: Patents 36: Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations 37: Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services 38: Veterans' Benefits 39: Postal Service 40: Public Buildings, Properties, and Public Works 41: Public Contracts 42: The Public Health and Welfare 43: Public Lands 44: Public Printing and Documents 45: Railroads 46: Shipping 47: Telecommunications 48: Territories and Insular Possessions 49: Transportation 50: War and National Defense 51: National and Commercial Space Programs 52: Voting and Elections 54: National Parks

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