Title 11 — BankruptcyRelease 119-73not60
§1526 Cooperation and Direct Communication Between the Trustee and Foreign Courts or Foreign Representatives
Title 11 › Chapter 15— ANCILLARY AND OTHER CROSS-BORDER CASES › Subchapter IV— COOPERATION WITH FOREIGN COURTS AND FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES › § 1526
Summary
A trustee or other person the court approves — for example, an examiner — must cooperate as much as possible with foreign courts or foreign representatives. They may also communicate directly with those foreign courts or representatives, but the U.S. court stays in charge.
Full Legal Text
Title 11, §1526
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(a)Consistent with section 1501, the trustee or other person, including an examiner, authorized by the court, shall, subject to the supervision of the court, cooperate to the maximum extent possible with a foreign court or a foreign representative.
(b)The trustee or other person, including an examiner, authorized by the court is entitled, subject to the supervision of the court, to communicate directly with a foreign court or a foreign representative.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
11 U.S.C. § 1526
Title 11 — Bankruptcy
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60