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Louisiana bankruptcy guide: the state opted out of federal exemptions, offers a $35,000 homestead, a $7,500 vehicle exemption, plus current means-test income
Kentucky bankruptcy guide: filers may choose state or federal exemptions, the state homestead is only $5,000, the vehicle exemption is $2,500, plus current
Kansas bankruptcy guide: the state opted out of federal exemptions, offers an effectively unlimited homestead (with acreage limits), a $20,000 vehicle
Iowa bankruptcy: opted out of federal exemptions, an unlimited homestead under Iowa Code 561 (acreage limits), the $7,000 vehicle exemption, and the means test.
Indiana bankruptcy: opted out of federal exemptions, the $22,750 homestead under IC 34-55-10-2 (indexed every six years), and current means-test income figures.
Illinois bankruptcy: opted out of federal exemptions, the new $50,000 homestead under 735 ILCS 5/12-901 (2026), vehicle and wildcard amounts, means test.
How bankruptcy works in Idaho: the state's opt-out exemptions, the $175,000 homestead under Idaho Code 55-1003, the vehicle and wildcard amounts, the
How Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy work, plus a state-by-state guide to exemptions, opt-out status, and the means-test median income across all 50 states
How bankruptcy works in Hawaii: filers may choose state or federal exemptions, the homestead and vehicle amounts under HRS chapter 651, the means-test median
How bankruptcy works in Georgia: the state's opt-out exemptions under O.C.G.A. 44-13-100, the homestead and wildcard amounts, the means-test median income, and
Florida bankruptcy: opted out of federal exemptions, the unlimited homestead with acreage limits and the 522(p) cap, plus current means-test figures.
DC bankruptcy guide: choose state or federal exemptions, an unlimited homestead under D.C. Code 15-501(a)(14), the 522(p) cap, plus 2026 means-test income.