---
kind: "unit"
title: "11"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy"
key: "ch3/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Commencement of a Case"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11/ch3-schI"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter I — Commencement of a Case

Title 11 — Bankruptcy › Chapter 3 — Case Administration

## Sections

- [§301. Voluntary cases](/usc/11/301.md)
- [§302. Joint cases](/usc/11/302.md)
- [§303. Involuntary cases](/usc/11/303.md)
- [§304. Repealed.](/usc/11/304.md)
- [§305. Abstention](/usc/11/305.md)
- [§306. Limited appearance](/usc/11/306.md)
- [§307. United States trustee](/usc/11/307.md)
- [§308. Debtor reporting requirements](/usc/11/308.md)