---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 2170"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "2170"
heading: "Applicable rules of procedure"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/2170"
units:
  - "Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability"
  - "Subchapter III — Adjustments of Debts"
---

# §2170. Applicable rules of procedure


The Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure shall apply to a case under this subchapter and to all civil proceedings arising in or related to cases under this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–187, title III, § 310, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 583.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, referred to in text, are set out in the Appendix to Title 11, Bankruptcy.