---
kind: "unit"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
key: "ch1"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/ch1"
sections_count: 12
---

# Chapter 1 — General Provisions

Title 11 — Bankruptcy

## Sections

- [§101. Definitions](/usc/11/101.md)
- [§102. Rules of construction](/usc/11/102.md)
- [§103. Applicability of chapters](/usc/11/103.md)
- [§104. Adjustment of dollar amounts](/usc/11/104.md)
- [§105. Power of court](/usc/11/105.md)
- [§106. Waiver of sovereign immunity](/usc/11/106.md)
- [§107. Public access to papers](/usc/11/107.md)
- [§108. Extension of time](/usc/11/108.md)
- [§109. Who may be a debtor](/usc/11/109.md)
- [§110. Penalty for persons who negligently or fraudulently prepare bankruptcy petitions](/usc/11/110.md)
- [§111. Nonprofit budget and credit counseling agencies; financial management instructional courses](/usc/11/111.md)
- [§112. Prohibition on disclosure of name of minor children](/usc/11/112.md)