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Miscellaneous Fee Schedule

Bankruptcy Court Fees Collected by the Clerk of Court

No Personal Checks or Credit Cards Will Be Accepted. Effective August 10, 2020, filing fees can be paid through web payment via debit card, PayPal or ACH. Payment of all fees in person or through the mail must be made in the form of cashier's check, money order, or exact cash. No change will be made by the Clerk's Office. Please do not send cash through the mail. Additionally, only attorneys may pay filing fees by credit card. Attorneys and non-debtor parties may pay copy charges by credit card.  Only attorneys may pay fees by check (for items that are not filed electronically) on an attorney's or law firm's preprinted check . All checks and money orders should be made payable to "Clerk, USBC"

As of 12/01/2023

Adversary Proceedings (when Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 debtor(s) are plaintiffs-no fee required)

 

If the trustee or debtor-in-possession files the complaint, the fee must be paid only by the estate, to the extent there is an estate.

 

This fee must not be charged if -

  • the debtor is the plaintiff; or
  • a child support creditor or representative files the complaint and submits the form required by § 304(g) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994.

$350.00

Notice of Removal

$350.00

Amendments to Schedules D, E, or F or to the Creditor's Address Mailing List or Matrix, regardless of whether the notice to creditors has been mailed

$34.00

Appeal/Cross Appeal

 

*Request for Direct Appeal/Cross Appeal to Court of Appeals Please note: If appeal is authorized by the Court of Appeals, an additional fee of $207.00 is due to the Bankruptcy Clerk.

$298.00

(Direct Appeals $307.00

Bifurcation or de-consolidation of a joint petition

Ch. 7: $338.00

Ch. 11: $1738.00

Ch. 12: $275.00

Ch. 13: $313.00

Certification per document

$12.00

Chapter 7

$338.00

Chapter 9

$1738.00

Chapter 11 (non-railroad)

$1738.00

Chapter 12

$278.00

Chapter 13

$313.00

Chapter 15 "Foreign Ancillary"

$1738.00

Claims Transfer

$28.00

Convert Chapter 9 or 11 to a Chapter 7

$15.00

Convert Chapter 12 to a Chapter 7

$60.00

Convert Chapter 13 to a Chapter 7

$25.00

Convert Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 to Chapter 11

Chap 7 to 11: $922.00
Chap 13 to 11: $932.00

Copies

$0.50

Copies of Local Bankruptcy Rules, Forms and Appendix

$5.00

Exemplification

$24.00

Filing or Indexing a Document Not in a Case Already Filed: Miscellaneous filing in a case where no filing fee has been paid, including registering a judgment from another District.

$52.00

Motion to vacate or modify automatic stay under Title 11 U.S.C. §362; withdraw reference of a case; or compel abandonment of property pursuant to Fed.R.Bankr.P. 6007(b); or to sell property of the estate free and clear of liens under 11 U.S.C. §363(f). The fee is not charged for a motion for relief from the codebtor stay provided in Title 11 U.S.C. §§ 1201, 1301. The fee is not charged when the Movant accompanies the motion with the form required by § 304 (g) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994.

$199.00

Motion to make redaction

$28.00

Motion to Reopen Case (when correcting administrative error or for action related to debtor's discharge-no fee required, unless the action is submission of Certification of Completion of Financial Management Instruction.)

Ch 7: $260.00

Ch 9: $1,167.00

Ch 11: $1,167.00

Ch 12: $200.00

Ch 13: $235.00

Ch 15: $1,167.00

Reproduction of Recordings

$34.00

Returned check (Any payment returned or denied for insufficient funds)

$53.00

Search of court's records, per name or item

$34.00

Witness fee per day

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Witness mileage, round-trip (per mile)

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Copies of records in electronic form that are not stored in CM/ECF or PACER

$33.00

U.S. Trustee's Quarterly Fees for Chapter 11 Cases

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Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule

(Not Collected by Clerk of Court unless Designated)

As of 12/01/2023

PACER per page (after accrual of more than $15 charge per quarter)

$0.10

CM/ECF Internet Access Fee per page (after accrual of more than $15 charge per quarter)

$0.10

Copies per page printed at a public access terminal printer (Collected by Clerk of Court)

$0.10

Search of court records conducted by PACER Service Center

$31.00

Archived Records Retrieval from the Federal Records Center
(Not Collected by Clerk of Court unless Designated)

As of 12/01/2023

Hard Copies

 

First box

$70.00

Additional boxes

$43.00

Electronic Copies (SmartScan)
(Total Fees: consist of a $10 Judiciary an administrative fee, a $9.90 charge for pulling and refiling of paper records, in addition to a $.65 charge per PDF page)

$11.00

Judiciary Administrative Fee

 

Flat Rate Pull and Re-file Fee

 

Per Page Retrieval Fee