Federal · Title 11 — Bankruptcy
11 U.S.C. § 349: Effect of dismissal
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Unless the court, for cause, orders otherwise, the dismissal of a case under this title does not bar the discharge, in a later case under this title, of debts that were dischargeable in the case dismissed; nor does the dismissal of a case under this title prejudice the debtor with regard to the filing of a subsequent petition under this title, except as provided in section 109(g) of this title . any proceeding or custodianship superseded under section 543 of this title ; any transfer avoided under section 522, 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, or 724(a) of this title, or preserved under section 510(c)(2), 522(i)(2), or 551 of this title; and any lien voided under section 506(d) of this title ; vacates any order, judgment, or transfer ordered, under section 522(i)(1), 542, 550, or 553 of this title; and revests the property of the estate in the entity in which such property was vested immediately before the commencement of the case under this title.
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