Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

11 U.S.C. § 1505

U.S. CodeFederalPositive Law
Authorization to act in a foreign country
About This Law
/us/usc/t11/s1505
Title
11 — Bankruptcy
Chapter
CH15
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

Highlight any text to annotate
A trustee or another entity (including an examiner) may be authorized by the court to act in a foreign country on behalf of an estate created under section 541. An entity authorized to act under this section may act in any way permitted by the applicable foreign law. (Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 136.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective DateSection effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109–8, set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this section.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.