11 U.S.C. § 109
Who may be a debtor
United States · Title 11 — BANKRUPTCY · Status: effective
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- 11 U.S.C. § 109, Who may be a debtor, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/436739
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A person may be a debtor under chapter 7 of this title only if such person is not—
An entity may be a debtor under chapter 9 of this title if and only if such entity—
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no individual or family farmer may be a debtor under this title who has been a debtor in a case pending under this title at any time in the preceding 180 days if—
Subject to subparagraph (B), the requirements of paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a debtor who submits to the court a certification that—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1983House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the bankruptcy law to provide for special revenue bonds, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
- Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
- Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections ActHouse: 392–21Senate: no recorded tally