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11 U.S.C. 704: Duties of trustee

Created in 1978 by Public Law 95-598. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 11 U.S.C. 1183, 11 U.S.C. 1304, 29 U.S.C. 1342.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–327 substituted "521(a)(2)(B)" for "521(2)(B)". (Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010) Law text · (a)

    2009

    • Pub. L. 111–16 substituted "7 days" for "5 days". Law text · (b)

    2005

    • Pub. L. 109–8, §102(c)(1), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a). (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Law text
    • Pub. L. 109–8, §219(a)(1), added par. (10). (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 109–8, §446(b), added par. (11). (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 109–8, §1105(a), added par. (12). (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 109–8, §102(c)(2), added subsec. (b). (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 109–8, §219(a)(2), added subsec. (c). (Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005) Law text · (c)

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–554, §217(1), inserted ", with the United States trustee," after "with the court" and "the United States trustee or" after "information as". · (8)
    • Pub. L. 99–554, §217(2), inserted "with the United States trustee" after "court". · (9)

    1984

    • Pub. L. 98–353, §474, substituted "close such estate" for "close up such estate". · (1)
    • Pub. L. 98–353, §311(a), added par. (3) and redesignated former pars. (3) to (8) as (4) to (9), respectively. · (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.