11 USC § 1513 - Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title

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title: "11 USC § 1513 - Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title"
title_number: 11
title_name: "BANKRUPTCY"
section_number: "1513"
section_name: "Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "ANCILLARY AND OTHER CROSS-BORDER CASES"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ACCESS OF FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES AND CREDITORS TO THE COURT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 138.)"
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# § 1513. Access of foreign creditors to a case under this title

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–8, title VIII, § 801(a), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 138.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 180 days after , and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under .