---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 1527"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "1527"
heading: "Forms of cooperation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/1527"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases"
  - "Subchapter IV — Cooperation with Foreign Courts and Foreign Representatives"
---

# §1527. Forms of cooperation


Cooperation referred to in sections [1525](/usc/11/1525.md) and [1526](/usc/11/1526.md) may be implemented by any appropriate means, including—

- (1) appointment of a [person](/usc/11/101.md?p=41) or body, including an examiner, to act at the direction of the court;
- (2) communication of information by any means considered appropriate by the court;
- (3) coordination of the administration and supervision of the [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1)’s assets and affairs;
- (4) approval or implementation of agreements concerning the coordination of proceedings; and
- (5) coordination of concurrent proceedings regarding the same [debtor](/usc/11/1502.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 143.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109–8, set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.