{"identifier":"/us/usc/t11/s1511","title":11,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1511.","heading":"Commencement of case under section 301, 302, or 303","text":"\u00a7\u202f1511.\nCommencement of case under section 301, 302, or 303\n(a) Upon recognition, a foreign representative may commence\u2014\n(1) an involuntary case under section 303; or\n(2) a voluntary case under section 301 or 302, if the foreign proceeding is a foreign main proceeding.\n(b) The petition commencing a case under subsection (a) must be accompanied by a certified copy of an order granting recognition. The court where the petition for recognition has been filed must be advised of the foreign representative\u2019s intent to commence a case under subsection (a) prior to such commencement.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t11/s1511.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1511","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1511."},{"t":"heading","text":"Commencement of case under section 301, 302, or 303"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1511/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Upon recognition, a foreign representative may commence\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1511/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" an involuntary case under section 303; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1511/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" a voluntary case under section 301 or 302, if the foreign proceeding is a foreign main proceeding.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t11/s1511/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The petition commencing a case under subsection (a) must be accompanied by a certified copy of an order granting recognition. The court where the petition for recognition has been filed must be advised of the foreign representative\u2019s intent to commence a case under subsection (a) prior to such commencement.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}