Qualification of trustee
United States Code
Citation analytics
How this statute sits in the citation network, derived from CiteLaw's graph of published opinions.
★Highly CitedTop 2% most-cited · cited by 72 decisions
72
Citing decisions
6+
Courts citing
Citations by decade
1
7
22
13
22
7
1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
Courts citing this statute
Most recently cited by10
- 2026Richard N. Berkshire Bankr. D. Neb.
- 2026Phillips v. Goldman 9th Cir.
- 2025McGann Bankr.D. Colo.
- 2023Team Systems International, LLC Bankr. D. Del.
- 2022Sunergy California LLC Bankr. E.D. Cal.
- 2021Deborah J. Piazza, as Chapter 7 Trustee of Poonam v. Keswani Bankr. S.D.N.Y.
- 2020Celeste G. Broughton Bankr. E.D.N.C.
- 2019Allen Wisdom v. Jeremy Gugino 9th Cir.
- 2017Martinec v. Smith (In re IFS Financial Corp.) Bankr. S.D. Tex.
- 2017Wisdom v. United States Trustee Program D.D.C.
Counts reflect decisions in the CiteLaw corpus and may lag very recent opinions.
Text
Except as provided in subsection (b)(1), a person selected under section 701, 702, 703, 1104, 1163, 1183, 1202, or 1302 of this title to serve as trustee in a case under this title qualifies if before seven days after such selection, and before beginning official duties, such person has filed with the court a bond in favor of the United States conditioned on the faithful performance of such official duties. The United States trustee qualifies wherever such trustee serves as trustee in a case under this title. the amount of a bond required to be filed under subsection (a) of this section; and the sufficiency of the surety on such bond. A trustee is not liable personally or on such trustee’s bond in favor of the United States for any penalty or forfeiture incurred by the debtor. A proceeding on a trustee’s bond may not be commenced after two years after the date on which such trustee was discharged. The United States trustee shall determine— (Source: (Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2562; Pub. L. 98–353, title III, § 429, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 369; Pub. L. 99–554, title II, §§ 207, 257(d), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3098, 3114; Pub. L. 103–394, title V, § 501(d)(3), Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4143; Pub. L. 111–16, § 2(2), May 7, 2009, 123 Stat. 1607; Pub. L. 116–54, § 4(a)(3), Aug. 23, 2019, 133 Stat. 1085.))