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11 U.S.C. § 343 — Examination of the debtor
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The debtor shall appear and submit to examination under oath at the meeting of creditors under [section 341(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title11-section341/a&num=0&edition=prelim). Creditors, any indenture trustee, any trustee or examiner in the case, or the United States trustee may examine the debtor. The United States trustee may administer the oath required under this section.
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The debtor shall appear and submit to examination under oath at the meeting of creditors under [section 341(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title11-section341/a&num=0&edition=prelim). Creditors, any indenture trustee, any trustee or examiner in the case, or the United States trustee may examine the debtor. The United States trustee may administer the oath required under this section.
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**(a)** The Attorney General shall appoint one United States trustee for each of the following regions composed of Federal judicial districts (without regard to section 451):
(1) The judicial districts established for the States of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island.
(2) The judicial districts established for the States of Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.
(3) The judicial districts established for the States of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
(4) The judicial districts established for the States of Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia and for the District of Columbia.
(5) The judicial districts established for the States of Louisiana and Mississippi.
(6) The Northern District of Texas and the Eastern District of Texas.
(7) The Southern District of Texas and the Western District of Texas.
(8) The judicial districts established for the States of Kentucky and Tennessee.
(9) The judicial districts established for the States of Michigan and Ohio.
(10) The Central District of Illinois and the Southern District of Illinois; and the judicial districts established for the State of Indiana.
(11) The Northern District of Illinois; and the judicial districts established for the State of Wisconsin.
(12) The judicial districts established for the States of Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
(13) The judicial districts established for the States of Arkansas, Nebraska, and Missouri.
(14) The District of Arizona.
(15) The Southern District of California; and the judicial districts established for the State of Hawaii, and for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(16) The Central District of California.
(17) The Eastern District of California and the Northern District of Cal
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In this title the following definitions shall apply:
(1) The term “accountant” means accountant authorized under applicable law to practice public accounting, and includes professional accounting association, corporation, or partnership, if so authorized.
(2) The term “affiliate” means—
(A) entity that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than an entity that holds such securities—
(i) in a fiduciary or agency capacity without sole discretionary power to vote such securities; or
(ii) solely to secure a debt, if such entity has not in fact exercised such power to vote;
(B) corporation 20 percent or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with power to vote, by the debtor, or by an entity that directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, 20 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than an entity that holds such securities—
(i) in a fiduciary or agency capacity without sole discretionary power to vote such securities; or
(ii) solely to secure a debt, if such entity has not in fact exercised such power to vote;
(C) person whose business is operated under a lease or operating agreement by a debtor, or person substantially all of whose property is operated under an operating agreement with the debtor; or
(D) entity that operates the business or substantially all of the property of the debtor under a lease or operating agreement.
(3) The term “assisted person” means any person whose debts consist primarily of consumer debts and the value of whose nonexempt property is less than $150,000.11 See Adjustment of Dollar Amounts not
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**(a)** Within a reasonable time after the order for relief in a case under this title, the United States trustee shall convene and preside at a meeting of creditors.
**(b)** The United States trustee may convene a meeting of any equity security holders.
**(c)** The court may not preside at, and may not attend, any meeting under this section including any final meeting of creditors. Notwithstanding any local court rule, provision of a State constitution, any otherwise applicable nonbankruptcy law, or any other requirement that representation at the meeting of creditors under subsection (a) be by an attorney, a creditor holding a consumer debt or any representative of the creditor (which may include an entity or an employee of an entity and may be a representative for more than 1 creditor) shall be permitted to appear at and participate in the meeting of creditors in a case under chapter 7 or 13, either alone or in conjunction with an attorney for the creditor. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require any creditor to be represented by an attorney at any meeting of creditors.
**(d)** Prior to the conclusion of the meeting of creditors or equity security holders, the trustee shall orally examine the debtor to ensure that the debtor in a case under chapter 7 of this title is aware of—
(1) the potential consequences of seeking a discharge in bankruptcy, including the effects on credit history;
(2) the debtor’s ability to file a petition under a different chapter of this title;
(3) the effect of receiving a discharge of debts under this title; and
(4) the effect of reaffirming a debt, including the debtor’s knowledge of the provisions of [section 524(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title11-section524/d&num=
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Page 65
TITLE 11—BANKRUPTCY
§ 344
commenced under this title before such effective date,
except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L.
109–8, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–394 effective Oct. 22, 1994,
and not applicable with respect to cases commenced
under this title before Oct. 22, 1994, see section 702 of
Pub. L. 103–394, set out as a note under section 101 of
this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–353 effective with respect
to cases filed 90 days after July 10, 1984, see section
552(a) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as a note under section
101 of this title.
§ 343. Examination of the debtor
The debtor shall appear and submit to exam-
ination under oath at the meeting of creditors
under section 341(a) of this title. Creditors, any
indenture trustee, any trustee or examiner in
the case, or the United States trustee may ex-
amine the debtor. The United States trustee
may administer the oath required under this
section.
(Pub. L. 95–598, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2565; Pub. L.
98–353, title III, § 436, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 370;
Pub. L. 99–554, title II, § 213, Oct. 27, 1986, 100
Stat. 3099.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
SENATE REPORT NO. 95–989
This section, derived from section 21a of the Bank-
ruptcy Act [section 44(a) of former title 11], requires
the debtor to appear at the meeting of creditors and
submit to examination under oath. The purpose of the
examination is to enable creditors and the trustee to
determine if assets have improperly been disposed of or
concealed or if there are grounds for objection to dis-
charge. The scope of the examination under this sec-
tion will be governed by the Rules of Bankruptcy Pro-
ce
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