---
kind: "unit"
title: "11a"
title_heading: "Bankruptcy Rules"
key: "ptIX"
level: "part"
label: "Part IX"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/11a/ptIX"
sections_count: 39
---

# Part IX — General Provisions

Title 11A — Bankruptcy Rules

## Sections

- [§bankr-9001. Definitions](/usc/11a/bankr-9001.md)
- [§bankr-9002. Meaning of Words in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure](/usc/11a/bankr-9002.md)
- [§bankr-9003. Ex Parte Contacts Prohibited](/usc/11a/bankr-9003.md)
- [§bankr-9004. General Requirements of Form](/usc/11a/bankr-9004.md)
- [§bankr-9005. Harmless Error](/usc/11a/bankr-9005.md)
- [§bankr-9005.1. Constitutional Challenge to a Statute—Notice, Certification, and Intervention](/usc/11a/bankr-9005.1.md)
- [§bankr-9006. Computing and Extending Time; Motions](/usc/11a/bankr-9006.md)
- [§bankr-9007. Authority to Regulate Notices](/usc/11a/bankr-9007.md)
- [§bankr-9008. Service or Notice by Publication](/usc/11a/bankr-9008.md)
- [§bankr-9009. Using Official Forms; Director’s Forms](/usc/11a/bankr-9009.md)
- [§bankr-9010. Authority to Act Personally or by an Attorney; Power of Attorney](/usc/11a/bankr-9010.md)
- [§bankr-9011. Signing Documents; Representations to the Court; Sanctions; Verifying and Providing Copies](/usc/11a/bankr-9011.md)
- [§bankr-9012. Oaths and Affirmations](/usc/11a/bankr-9012.md)
- [§bankr-9013. Motions; Form and Service](/usc/11a/bankr-9013.md)
- [§bankr-9014. Contested Matters](/usc/11a/bankr-9014.md)
- [§bankr-9015. Jury Trial](/usc/11a/bankr-9015.md)
- [§bankr-9016. Subpoena](/usc/11a/bankr-9016.md)
- [§bankr-9017. Evidence](/usc/11a/bankr-9017.md)
- [§bankr-9018. Secret, Confidential, Scandalous, or Defamatory Matter](/usc/11a/bankr-9018.md)
- [§bankr-9019. Compromise or Settlement; Arbitration](/usc/11a/bankr-9019.md)
- [§bankr-9020. Contempt Proceedings](/usc/11a/bankr-9020.md)
- [§bankr-9021. When a Judgment or Order Becomes Effective](/usc/11a/bankr-9021.md)
- [§bankr-9022. Notice of a Judgment or Order](/usc/11a/bankr-9022.md)
- [§bankr-9023. New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment](/usc/11a/bankr-9023.md)
- [§bankr-9024. Relief from a Judgment or Order](/usc/11a/bankr-9024.md)
- [§bankr-9025. Security; Proceeding Against a Security Provider](/usc/11a/bankr-9025.md)
- [§bankr-9026. Objecting to a Ruling or Order](/usc/11a/bankr-9026.md)
- [§bankr-9027. Removing a Claim or Cause of Action from Another Court](/usc/11a/bankr-9027.md)
- [§bankr-9028. Judge’s Disability](/usc/11a/bankr-9028.md)
- [§bankr-9029. Adopting Local Rules; Limit on Enforcing a Local Rule; Absence of Controlling Law](/usc/11a/bankr-9029.md)
- [§bankr-9030. Jurisdiction and Venue Not Extended or Limited](/usc/11a/bankr-9030.md)
- [§bankr-9031. Using Masters Not Authorized](/usc/11a/bankr-9031.md)
- [§bankr-9032. Effect of an Amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure](/usc/11a/bankr-9032.md)
- [§bankr-9033. Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law](/usc/11a/bankr-9033.md)
- [§bankr-9034. Sending Copies to the United States Trustee](/usc/11a/bankr-9034.md)
- [§bankr-9035. Applying These Rules in a Judicial District in Alabama or North Carolina](/usc/11a/bankr-9035.md)
- [§bankr-9036. Electronic Notice and Service](/usc/11a/bankr-9036.md)
- [§bankr-9037. Protecting Privacy for Filings](/usc/11a/bankr-9037.md)
- [§bankr-9038. Bankruptcy Rules Emergency](/usc/11a/bankr-9038.md)