Source: https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-11-bankruptcy/11-usc-sect-109.html
Timestamp: 2018-07-23 11:54:30
Document Index: 607725876

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 109', '§ 109', '§ 109', '§ 109', '§\u2002104', '§ 109', '§ 109']

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11 U.S.C. § 109 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 11. Bankruptcy § 109. Who may be a debtor
(b) A person may be a debtor under chapter 7 of this title only if such person is not--
(3)(A) a foreign insurance company, engaged in such business in the United States; or
(c) An entity may be a debtor under chapter 9 of this title if and only if such entity--
(e) Only an individual with regular income that owes, on the date of the filing of the petition, noncontingent, liquidated, unsecured debts of less than $394,725 1 and noncontingent, liquidated, secured debts of less than $1,184,200 1, or an individual with regular income and such individual's spouse, except a stockbroker or a commodity broker, that owe, on the date of the filing of the petition, noncontingent, liquidated, unsecured debts that aggregate less than $394,725 1 and noncontingent, liquidated, secured debts of less than $1,184,200 1 may be a debtor under chapter 13 of this title.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no individual or family farmer may be a debtor under this title who has been a debtor in a case pending under this title at any time in the preceding 180 days if--
(h)(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), and notwithstanding any other provision of this section other than paragraph (4) of this subsection, an individual may not be a debtor under this title unless such individual has, during the 180-day period ending on the date of filing of the petition by such individual, received from an approved nonprofit budget and credit counseling agency described in section 111(a) an individual or group briefing (including a briefing conducted by telephone or on the Internet) that outlined the opportunities for available credit counseling and assisted such individual in performing a related budget analysis.
(2)(A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a debtor who resides in a district for which the United States trustee (or the bankruptcy administrator, if any) determines that the approved nonprofit budget and credit counseling agencies for such district are not reasonably able to provide adequate services to the additional individuals who would otherwise seek credit counseling from such agencies by reason of the requirements of paragraph (1).
(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the requirements of paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a debtor who submits to the court a certification that--
1 Dollar amount as adjusted by the Judicial Conference of the United States. See Adjustment of Dollar Amounts notes set out under this section and 11 U.S.C.A. § 104.
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