Data field · Organisation · Person

Bankruptcy chapter

The observed, reported, or derived bankruptcy chapter for the applicable Subject, with party role, filing context, basis, and date retained on source coverage or in schema inventory.

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Sources that carry it

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Free Law Project
CourtListener Docket Search API

Open REST API for searching federal and state court docket records from the CourtListener database. Docket search results include chapter (bankruptcy chapter number) and dateFiled (petition filing date) as named scalar fields, enabling person-level bankruptcy case lookup by party name. Covers federal bankruptcy courts (PACER/RECAP coverage) and growing state court data.

Free API National US 2 fields
Experian
Experian Businesses API

Commercial U.S. Businesses API suite. A buyer can search an unrelated U.S. business by name/address for an Experian BIN, then request firmographic, registration, bankruptcy, tax-lien, UCC, contact, linkage, score, and other documented modules. Tax-lien and UCC endpoints are modules, not separate Sources; repeated detail structures remain prose.

Paid API National US 12 fields
Middesk
Middesk Business Bankruptcy Search API

Commercial add-on to Middesk Business Verification that accepts a buyer-created business identity and returns associated federal bankruptcy filings with chapter, filing date, and current case status.

Paid API National US 3 fields
Administrative Office of the U.S. Cou…
PACER Case Locator API

Governmental nationwide federal-case and party-search API returning JSON or XML case data, including bankruptcy filing date, chapter, discharge date, and open/closed case status.

Paid APIBatch enrichment National US 5 fields
PacerMonitor
PacerMonitor Federal Court Data API

Commercial REST API and bulk-search channel for federal district and bankruptcy court data, with machine-readable JSON and CSV/XLS access and arbitrary case or party searching.

Paid APIBatch enrichment National US 3 fields

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