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Local Bankr. R. 1006-1
Filing Fees - Required Filing Fee, Petiton Filing Fee, Application to Pay Filing Fee in Installments, Application to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived, and Manner of Payment.
(a) Filing fees for cases filed under Chapter 7, 9, 11, 12, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code are prescribed by the Judicial Conference and may be found in 28 U.S.C. § 1930.
(b) Every Petition shall be accompanied by the required Filing Fee unless an Application to Pay the Filing Fee in Installments or, in a Chapter 7 case, an Application to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived, is simultaneously filed with the Petition. The failure to pay the required Filing Fee with the Petition, or to file with the Petition an Application to Pay the Filing Fee in Installments or an Application to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived, shall result in the dismissal of the case, unless the Court orders otherwise. Applications to pay the filing fee in installments shall be made by completing and filing Official Form 103A pursuant to FRBP 1006(b). Such fee shall be paid in full within four (4) months of the filing, unless the Court orders otherwise. Applications to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived shall be made by completing and filing Official Form 103B pursuant to FRBP 1006(c).
(c) Filing fees associated with motions, applications, complaints, or any pleading that requires a filing fee as prescribed by the Judicial Conference, must be paid at the time the motion, application, complaint, or other pleading is filed. The failure to pay the required filing fee associated with motions, applications, complaints, or other pleadings will result in no action being taken by the Court on the motion, application, complaint, or other pleading.
(d) Filing fees may be paid by cash, certified check, money order, check drawn on an attorney’s account, an approved credit card, or through Pay.gov. The Clerk may refuse to accept personal checks and checks from an attorney filing their personal petition, and may also refuse to accept a check from any person who is known by the Clerk to have previously presented a form of payment that was subsequently refused. Checks shall be payable to “Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court.” A check is accepted subject to collection.