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Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-102

§155 Temporary Transfer of Bankruptcy Judges

Title 28 › PART I — ORGANIZATION OF COURTS › CHAPTER 6 — BANKRUPTCY JUDGES › § 155

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

A bankruptcy judge can be sent to work temporarily in a different judicial district if the judicial councils of the circuits involved approve. A retired bankruptcy judge can agree to be called back to serve in any district if the circuit’s judicial council approves. If recalled, the judge can be paid under rules made by the Judicial Conference of the United States, but the pay must follow the annuity limits in section 377 and in subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5.

Full Legal Text

Title 28, §155

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(a)A bankruptcy judge may be transferred to serve temporarily as a bankruptcy judge in any judicial district other than the judicial district for which such bankruptcy judge was appointed upon the approval of the judicial council of each of the circuits involved.
(b)A bankruptcy judge who has retired may, upon consent, be recalled to serve as a bankruptcy judge in any judicial district by the judicial council of the circuit within which such district is located. Upon recall, a bankruptcy judge may receive a salary for such service in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Judicial Conference of the United States, subject to the restrictions on the payment of an annuity in section 377 of this title or in subchapter III of chapter 83, and chapter 84, of title 5 which are applicable to such judge.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1988—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–659 inserted “section 377 of this title or in” after “annuity in” and “which are applicable to such judge” after “title 5”. 1986—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–651 inserted reference to chapter 84 of title 5.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–659 effective Nov. 15, 1988, and applicable to bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges who retire on or after Nov. 15, 1988, with exception for judges and magistrate judges retiring on or after July 31, 1987, see section 9 of Pub. L. 100–659, as amended, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 377 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1986 Amendment Pub. L. 99–651, title II, § 203, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3649, provided that: “This title and the

Amendments

made by this title [enacting section 375 of this title and amending this section and section 374, 631, 633, 636, and 797 of this title] take effect on January 1, 1987.”

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Citation

28 U.S.C. § 155

Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102