United States Bankruptcy Code

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Bankruptcy_Code
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_States_federal_courts
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Title_11_of_the_United_States_Code
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Bankruptcy_Abuse_Prevention_and_Consumer_Protection_Act_of_2005
gptkbp:appliesTo individuals
businesses
municipalities
international insolvency cases
gptkbp:chapter Chapter 11
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 7
Chapter 12
Chapter 9
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1978
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:governs bankruptcy law in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States Bankruptcy Code
gptkbp:legalCitation gptkb:11_U.S.C._§§_101–1532
gptkbp:locationInUSCode gptkb:Title_11
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:United_States_Code
gptkbp:purpose to provide orderly distribution to creditors
to provide relief to debtors
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bankruptcy_Reform_Act_of_1978
gptkb:Bankruptcy_Abuse_Prevention_and_Consumer_Protection_Act_of_2005
gptkb:Bankruptcy_Act_of_1898
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Bankruptcy_Act_of_1898
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chapter_11_bankruptcy
gptkb:Chapter_12_bankruptcy
gptkb:Chapter_15_bankruptcy
gptkb:Chapter_7_bankruptcy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6