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Local Bankr.R.1006-1

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Local Bankr. R. 1006-1

EFFECTIVE MARCH 16, 2026

  1. Filing fees are prescribed by the Judicial Conference and may be found in 28 U.S.C. § 1930.
  1. Every bankruptcy petition shall be accompanied by the required filing fee unless Official Form B-103A, Application to Pay the Filing Fee in Installments, or Official Form B-103B, Application to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived, is simultaneously filed with the Petition.  An Application to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived is not available except in a Chapter 7 case.  The failure to pay the required filing fee with the bankruptcy petition, or to file with the petition either 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.  An Application to Pay the Filing Fee in Installments shall be made by completing and filing Official Form 103A pursuant to FRBP 1006(b).  A filing fee paid in installments must be paid in full within four (4) months after the filing of the petition, 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).
  1. 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 may result in no action being taken by the Court on the motion, application, complaint, or other pleading.
  1. 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 the attorney’s personal petition.  The Clerk 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.

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