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Filing Fees
Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule
(28 U.S.C. § 1930)
Effective December 1, 2020
Debtors including corporate debtors, must pay filing fees by money order, cashiers check, or exact cash payment. Personal checks or Bill Payer checks (checks issued by your bank through an electronic bill payment agreement) are not accepted from debtors. Attorneys shall pay all filing fees electronically. See Legal Notice re OTCnet Check Capture Program.
| NEW CASE FILING FEES | |
| CHAPTERS | |
| Chapter 7 | 338.00 |
| Chapter 9 (municipality) | 1,738.00 |
| Chapter 11 (reorganization, liquidation or involuntary) | 1,738.00 |
| Chapter 11 (railroad reorganization) | 1571.00 |
| Chapter 12 (family farmers and fishermen) | 278.00 |
| Chapter 13 (debt adjustment) | 313.00 |
| Chapter 15 (Ancillary and other Cross-border Cases) | 1,738.00 |
| Application for Installment – Initial Payment |
100.00 – Chapters 7, 12 and 13 350.00 – Chapter 11 |
|
Adversary Proceeding Unless filed by debtor in chapter 7 or 13 |
350.00 |
| Removals | 350.00 |
| CONVERSION & REOPEN FEES (DUE WITH MOTION) | |
| CONVERSION FEES | |
| Chapter 7 to Chapter 11 | 922.00 due with order |
| Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 | 15.00 |
| Chapter 12 to Chapter 7 | 60.00 |
| Chapter 13 to Chapter 7 | 25.00 |
| Chapter 13 to Chapter 11 | 932.00 due with order |
| REOPENING FEES | |
| Reopening fee for Chapter 7 | 260.00 |
| Reopening fee for Chapter 9 | 1,167.00 |
| Reopening fee for Chapter 11 | 1,167.00 |
| Reopening fee for Chapter 12 | 200.00 |
| Reopening fee for Chapter 13 | 235.00 |
| Reopening fee for Chapter 15 | 1,167.00 |
| For retrieval of one box of a record from a Federal Records Center | 64.00 |
| For retrievals involving multiple boxes, for each additional box | 39.00 |
| Effective June 1, 2016, for electronic retrievals, $10 plus any charges assessed by the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the courts. | $10 |
| MISCELLANEOUS FEES | |
| Abstract of Judgment | 11.00 |
| Amendments (to add or delete creditors to D, E / F schedules) to change the amount of a debt or the classification of a debt and amendments to the matrices or to the mailing list of creditors. | 32.00 No fee is required when the nature of the amendment is to change the address of a creditor or an attorney for a creditor listed on the schedules or to add the name and address of an attorney for a listed creditor. |
| Appeals * | 298.00 |
| Bifurcation/Split Case: Ch 7 | 338.00 |
| Bifurcation/Split Case: Ch 11 | 1,738.00 |
| Bifurcation/Split Case: Ch 12 | 278.00 |
| Bifurcation/Split Case: Ch 13 | 313.00 |
| Certification per document | 11.00 |
| Digital audio recording of court hearing | 32.00 |
| Exemplification | 23.00 |
| Garnishments, Writs of | No Fee |
| Judgments: Registering judgment from another district | 49.00 |
| Judgments, renewal of | No Fee |
| Motion to Redact | 26.00 |
| Motions (relief from stay, compel abandonment, withdraw reference, sell property free and clear of liens) | 188.00 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1930, no fee is charged for relief from the co-debtor stay, stipulated relief from stay, or motions filed by child support creditors. |
| Any payment returned or denied for insufficient funds | 53.00 |
| Out-of-District Attorney (Pro Hac Vice) | 238.00 |
| Out-of-District Subpoena | 47.00 |
| Printing from Public Access Terminals | 0.10 per page |
| Photocopies | 0.50 per page |
| Search of Records per file | 32.00 - for cases filed before 05/16/2001 |
| Transfer of claim | 26.00 |
* If the Court of Appeals authorizes a direct appeal, or direct cross appeal, additional fee of $207.00 will be collected by the bankruptcy clerk.