2019 US Code
Title 11 - Bankruptcy
Chapter 15 - Ancillary and Other Cross-Border Cases
Subchapter II - Access of Foreign Representatives and Creditors to the Court
Sec. 1513 - Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title
| 11 U.S.C. § 1513 (2019) |
| §1513. Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title |
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(a) Foreign creditors have the same rights regarding the commencement of, and participation in, a case under this title as domestic creditors. (b)(1) Subsection (a) does not change or codify present law as to the priority of claims under section 507 or 726, except that the claim of a foreign creditor under those sections shall not be given a lower priority than that of general unsecured claims without priority solely because the holder of such claim is a foreign creditor. (2)(A) Subsection (a) and paragraph (1) do not change or codify present law as to the allowability of foreign revenue claims or other foreign public law claims in a proceeding under this title. (B) Allowance and priority as to a foreign tax claim or other foreign public law claim shall be governed by any applicable tax treaty of the United States, under the conditions and circumstances specified therein. |
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(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, §801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 138.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 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. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 11 - BANKRUPTCY |
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| Title 11 - BANKRUPTCY CHAPTER 15 - ANCILLARY AND OTHER CROSS-BORDER CASES SUBCHAPTER II - ACCESS OF FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES AND CREDITORS TO THE COURT Sec. 1513 - Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title |
| section 1513 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 119 Stat. 138 |
| Public Law 109-8 |
