11 U.S.C. § 110
Penalty for persons who negligently or fraudulently prepare bankruptcy petitions
United States · Title 11 — BANKRUPTCY · Status: effective
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In this section—
A bankruptcy petition preparer who prepares a document for filing shall sign the document and print on the document the preparer’s name and address. If a bankruptcy petition preparer is not an individual, then an officer, principal, responsible person, or partner of the bankruptcy petition preparer shall be required to—
The notice under subparagraph (A)—
shall—
The legal advice referred to in subparagraph (A) includes advising the debtor—
whether—
concerning—
The court shall disallow and order the immediate turnover to the bankruptcy trustee any fee referred to in paragraph (2)—
If a bankruptcy petition preparer violates this section or commits any act that the court finds to be fraudulent, unfair, or deceptive, on the motion of the debtor, trustee, United States trustee (or the bankruptcy administrator, if any), and after notice and a hearing, the court shall order the bankruptcy petition preparer to pay to the debtor—
the greater of—
In an action under paragraph (1), if the court finds that—
a bankruptcy petition preparer has—
The court shall triple the amount of a fine assessed under paragraph (1) in any case in which the court finds that a bankruptcy petition preparer—
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.
- Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008
- Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally