{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s156","title":18,"num":"\u00a7\u202f156.","heading":"Knowing disregard of bankruptcy law or rule","text":"\u00a7\u202f156.\nKnowing disregard of bankruptcy law or rule\n(a)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cbankruptcy petition preparer\u201d means a person, other than the debtor\u2019s attorney or an employee of such an attorney, who prepares for compensation a document for filing; and\n(2) the term \u201cdocument for filing\u201d means a petition or any other document prepared for filing by a debtor in a United States bankruptcy court or a United States district court in connection with a case under title 11.\n(b)\nOffense.\u2014\nIf a bankruptcy case or related proceeding is dismissed because of a knowing attempt by a bankruptcy petition preparer in any manner to disregard the requirements of title 11, United States Code, or the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the bankruptcy petition preparer shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t18/s156.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s156","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f156."},{"t":"heading","text":"Knowing disregard of bankruptcy law or rule"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s156/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s156/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cbankruptcy petition preparer\u201d means a person, other than the debtor\u2019s attorney or an employee of such an attorney, who prepares for compensation a document for filing; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t18/s156/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cdocument for filing\u201d means a petition or any other document prepared for filing by a debtor in a United States bankruptcy court or a United States district court in connection with a case under title 11.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t18/s156/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Offense.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"If a bankruptcy case or related proceeding is dismissed because of a knowing attempt by a bankruptcy petition preparer in any manner to disregard the requirements of title 11, United States Code, or the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the bankruptcy petition preparer shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}