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2. Chapter 7, Title 11, United States Code - Wikipedia

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   A Chapter 7 bankruptcy stays on an individual's credit report for ten years from the date of filing the Chapter 7 petition. This contrasts with a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, which stays on an individual's credit report for seven years from the date of filing the Chapter 13 petition.

3. Common types of bankruptcy and how to avoid filing - AOL

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   Chapter 7 bankruptcy can stay on your credit reports for 10 years, while Chapter 13 bankruptcy only stays on your reports for seven years. However, the impact on your credit score will lessen over ...

4. Getting a mortgage after bankruptcy: What you need to know - AOL

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   Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Leslie Tayne, attorney and founder of Tayne Law Group in Melville, New York, says you’re eligible for a mortgage a few years after a Chapter 7 discharge of debt.

5. How soon can you file Chapter 13 after Chapter 7 bankruptcy?

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   To get debts discharged through Chapter 13, you must wait four years after filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. You can file for Chapter 13 before four years if no debts were discharged in the Chapter 7 ...

6. Bankruptcy in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Chapter 7 bankruptcy remains on a bankruptcy filer's credit report for 10 years. United States bankruptcy law significantly changed in 2005 with the passage of Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (US) —- BAPCPA, which made it more difficult for consumer debtors to file bankruptcy in general and Chapter 7 in particular.

7. Bankruptcy - Wikipedia

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   Chapter 7, known as a "straight bankruptcy", involves the discharge of certain debts without repayment. Chapter 13 involves a plan of repayment of debts over a period of years. Whether a person qualifies for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 is in part determined by income. [49] [50] As many as 65% of all US consumer bankruptcy filings are Chapter 7 cases.

8. Bankruptcy vs. default: Which route is best for you? - AOL

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   Chapter 7. In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the court will decide which of your assets to sell in order to repay your creditors. ... This will stay on your credit report for seven years. “Chapter 13 ...

9. Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act

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   New § 362(c)(3) provides that if the debtor files a chapter 7, 11 or 13 case within one year of the dismissal of an earlier case, the automatic stay in the present case terminates 30 days after the filing, unless the debtor or some other party in interest files a motion and demonstrates that the present case was filed in good faith with ...