---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 U.S.C. § 782"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
number: "782"
heading: "Selection of trustee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/782"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Liquidation"
  - "Subchapter V — Clearing Bank Liquidation"
---

# §782. Selection of trustee

- (a) **In General.—**
  - (1) **Appointment.—** Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the conservator or receiver who files the [petition](/usc/11/101.md?p=42) shall be the trustee under this chapter, unless the [Board](/usc/11/781.md?p=1) designates an alternative trustee.
  - (2) **Successor.—** The [Board](/usc/11/781.md?p=1) may designate a successor trustee if required.
- (b) **Authority of Trustee.—** Whenever the [Board](/usc/11/781.md?p=1) appoints or designates a trustee, [chapter 3](/usc/11/chch3.md) and sections [704](/usc/11/704.md) and [705](/usc/11/705.md) of this title shall apply to the [Board](/usc/11/781.md?p=1) in the same way and to the same extent that they apply to a [United States](/usc/11/101.md?p=55) trustee.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 112(c)(5)(B)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–394.)