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You get to keep any property that you can exempt, which may depend on state laws. Some states let you choose between the federal exemptions or the state exemptions. Any property worth more than the exemption has to be redeemed (the trustee is paid the difference between the value of the property and the exemption) or given to the trustee. (Technically, the trustee owns everything in a chapter 7 until the 341 meeting or the first meeting of creditors.)

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