11 USC § 307 - United States trustee

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identifier: "/us/usc/t11/s307"
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title: "11 USC § 307 - United States trustee"
title_number: 11
title_name: "BANKRUPTCY"
section_number: "307"
section_name: "United States trustee"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "CASE ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "COMMENCEMENT OF A CASE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 205(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098.)"
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# § 307. United States trustee

section 1121(c) of this title

The United States trustee may raise and may appear and be heard on any issue in any case or proceeding under this title but may not file a plan pursuant to .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 205(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Effective date and applicability of section dependent upon the judicial district involved, see section 302(d), (e) of , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

### Standing and Authority of Bankruptcy Administrator

> “A bankruptcy administrator may raise and may appear and be heard on any issue in any case under title 11, United States Code, but may not file a plan pursuant to section 1121(c) of such title.”

, , , provided that: