Filing Fees

Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule
(28 U.S.C. § 1930)

NOTE: The Judicial Conference for the United States approved inflationary increases to certain fees effective December 1, 2020, as indicated below.
 

Debtors including corporate debtors, must pay filing fees by online payment, money order, cashier's 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.

NEW CASE FILING FEES
CHAPTERS  
Chapter 7 335.00  ($338 as of 12/1/20)
Chapter 9 (municipality) 1,717.00 ($1738 as of 12/1/20)
Chapter 11 (reorganization, liquidation or involuntary) 1,717.00 ($1738 as of 12/1/20)
Chapter 11 (railroad reorganization) 1550.00 ($1571 as of 12/1/20)
Chapter 12 (family farmers and fishermen) 275.00 ($278 as of 12/1/20)
Chapter 13 (debt adjustment) 310.00 ($313 as of 12/1/20)
Chapter 15 (Ancillary and other Cross-border Cases) 1,717.00 ($1738 as of 12/1/20)
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
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. 31.00 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. ($32 as of 12/1/20)
Appeals * 298.00
Audio recording of court hearing 31.00 ($32 as of 12/1/20)
Bifurcation/Split Case: Ch 7 335.00 ($338 as of 12/1/20)
Bifurcation/Split Case: Ch 11 1,717.00 ($1738 as of 12/1/20)
Bifurcation/Split Case: Ch 12 275.00 ($278 as of 12/1/20)
Bifurcation/Split Case: Ch 13 310.00 ($313 as of 12/1/20)
Certification per document 11.00
Exemplification 22.00  ($23 as of 12/1/20)
Garnishments, Writs of No Fee
Judgments: Registering judgment from another district 47.00 ($49 as of 12/1/20)
Judgments, renewal of No Fee
Motion to Redact 25.00 ($26 as of 12/1/20)
Motions (relief from stay, compel abandonment, withdraw reference, sell property free and clear of liens) 181.00  ($188 as of 12/1/20)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) 231.00
Out-of-District Subpoena 47.00 ($49 as of 12/1/20)
Printing from Public Access Terminals 0.10 per page
Photocopies 0.50 per page
Search of Records per file 31.00  (applies only to cases filed before 05/16/2001) ($32 as of 12/1/20)
Transfer of claim 25.00 ($26 as of 12/1/20)

* If the Court of Appeals authorizes a direct appeal, or direct cross appeal, an additional fee of $207.00 will be collected by the bankruptcy clerk.