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LII > U.S. Code > Title 11. BANKRUPTCY > Chapter 3. CASE ADMINISTRATION
> Subchapter I. COMMENCEMENT OF A CASE > Section 301. Voluntary cases

U.S. Code § 301. Voluntary cases

U.S. Code Notes

(a) A voluntary case under a chapter of this title is commenced


by the filing with the bankruptcy court of a petition under such
chapter by an entity that may be a debtor under such chapter.

(b) The commencement of a voluntary case under a chapter of


this title constitutes an order for relief under such chapter.

(Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2558; Pub. L. 109–8, title V,


§ 501(b), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 118.)

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