Federal

Title 11 — Bankruptcy

560 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 101 — Definitions
• § 102 — Rules of construction
• § 103 — Applicability of chapters
• § 104 — Adjustment of dollar amounts
• § 105 — Power of court
• § 106 — Waiver of sovereign immunity
• § 107 — Public access to papers
• § 108 — Extension of time
• § 109 — Who may be a debtor
• § 110 — Penalty for persons who negligently or fraudulently prepare bankruptcy petitions
• § 1101 — Definitions for this chapter
• § 1102 — Creditors’ and equity security holders’ committees
• § 1103 — Powers and duties of committees
• § 1104 — Appointment of trustee or examiner
• § 1105 — Termination of trustee’s appointment
• § 1106 — Duties of trustee and examiner
• § 1107 — Rights, powers, and duties of debtor in possession
• § 1108 — Authorization to operate business
• § 1109 — Right to be heard
• § 111 — Nonprofit budget and credit counseling agencies; financial management instructional courses
• § 1110 — Aircraft equipment and vessels
• § 1111 — Claims and interests
• § 1112 — Conversion or dismissal
• § 1113 — Rejection of collective bargaining agreements
• § 1114 — Payment of insurance benefits to retired employees
• § 1115 — Property of the estate
• § 1116 — Duties of trustee or debtor in possession in small business cases
• § 112 — Prohibition on disclosure of name of minor children
• § 1121 — Who may file a plan
• § 1122 — Classification of claims or interests
• § 1123 — Contents of plan
• § 1124 — Impairment of claims or interests
• § 1125 — Postpetition disclosure and solicitation
• § 1126 — Acceptance of plan
• § 1127 — Modification of plan
• § 1128 — Confirmation hearing
• § 1129 — Confirmation of plan
• § 1141 — Effect of confirmation
• § 1142 — Implementation of plan
• § 1143 — Distribution
• § 1144 — Revocation of an order of confirmation
• § 1145 — Exemption from securities laws
• § 1146 — Special tax provisions
• § 1161 — Inapplicability of other sections
• § 1162 — Definition
• § 1163 — Appointment of trustee
• § 1164 — Right to be heard
• § 1165 — Protection of the public interest
• § 1166 — Effect of subtitle IV of title 49 and of Federal, State, or local regulations
• § 1167 — Collective bargaining agreements
• § 1168 — Rolling stock equipment
• § 1169 — Effect of rejection of lease of railroad line
• § 1170 — Abandonment of railroad line
• § 1171 — Priority claims
• § 1172 — Contents of plan
• § 1173 — Confirmation of plan
• § 1174 — Liquidation
• § 1181 — Inapplicability of other sections
• § 1182 — Definitions
• § 1183 — Trustee
• § 1184 — Rights and powers of a debtor in possession
• § 1185 — Removal of debtor in possession
• § 1186 — Property of the estate
• § 1187 — Duties and reporting requirements of debtors
• § 1188 — Status conference
• § 1189 — Filing of the plan
• § 1190 — Contents of plan
• § 1191 — Confirmation of plan
• § 1192 — Discharge
• § 1193 — Modification of plan
• § 1194 — Payments
• § 1195 — Transactions with professionals
• § 1201 — Stay of action against codebtor
• § 1202 — Trustee
• § 1203 — Rights and powers of debtor
• § 1204 — Removal of debtor as debtor in possession
• § 1205 — Adequate protection
• § 1206 — Sales free of interests
• § 1207 — Property of the estate
• § 1208 — Conversion or dismissal
• § 1221 — Filing of plan
• § 1222 — Contents of plan
• § 1223 — Modification of plan before confirmation
• § 1224 — Confirmation hearing
• § 1225 — Confirmation of plan
• § 1226 — Payments
• § 1227 — Effect of confirmation
• § 1228 — Discharge
• § 1229 — Modification of plan after confirmation
• § 1230 — Revocation of an order of confirmation
• § 1231 — Special tax provisions
• § 1232 — Claim by a governmental unit based on the disposition of property used in a farming operation
• § 1301 — Stay of action against codebtor
• § 1302 — Trustee
• § 1303 — Rights and powers of debtor
• § 1304 — Debtor engaged in business
• § 1305 — Filing and allowance of postpetition claims
• § 1306 — Property of the estate
• § 1307 — Conversion or dismissal
• § 1308 — Filing of prepetition tax returns