Filing Fees

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

Effective December 1, 2023

Debtors including corporate debtors, must pay filing fees by money order, cashiers check, or online 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 70.00
For retrievals involving multiple boxes, for each additional box 43.00
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. $11
MISCELLANEOUS FEES
Abstract of Judgment 12.00
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. 34.00  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 12.00
Digital audio recording of court hearing 34.00
Exemplification 24.00
Garnishments, Writs of No Fee
Judgments: Registering judgment from another district 52.00
Judgments, renewal of No Fee
Motion to Redact 28.00
Motions (relief from stay, compel abandonment, withdraw reference, sell property free and clear of liens) 199.00  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) 249.00
Out-of-District Subpoena 52.00
Printing from Public Access Terminals 0.10 per page
Photocopies 0.50 per page
Search of Records per file 34.00  - for cases filed before 05/16/2001
Transfer of claim 28.00

* If the Court of Appeals authorizes a direct appeal, or direct cross appeal, additional fee of $307.00 will be collected by the bankruptcy clerk.