The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland will be closed on Wednesday, December 24, 2025; Friday, December 26, 2025; and Friday, January 2, 2026.  The afterhours drop box in Greenbelt will not be available on these days, but the afterhours drop box in Baltimore at 101 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 will be available.  CM/ECF will remain available and emergency contact numbers are on the court's website.  December 24, 2025, December 26, 2025 and January 2, 2026 will be treated as “legal holidays” for the purposes of Federal Bankruptcy Rule 9006 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 6, in addition to December 25, 2025 and January 1, 2026.

Amendments to Bankruptcy Rules 3002.1 and 8006 and Official Bankruptcy Form 410S1, and new Official Bankruptcy Forms 410C13-M1, 410C13-M1R, 410C13-N, 410C13-NR, 410C13-M2, and 410C13-M2R, are effective December 1, 2025. The text of the amended rules and the accompanying committee notes can be viewed here. In addition, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland has approved amendments effective December 1, 2025, to the Court’s Local Bankruptcy Rules. To view the Administrative Order implementing the amendments, a summary of the changes, and a redlined copy of the amended local rules, please click here.

Canada Post announced a recent shutdown due to national labor actions between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.  Bankruptcy notice delivery has been impacted. As of October 10, 2025, the prior general strike has been updated to a rotating strike.  As of October 17, 2025, the BNC has resumed mailing to Canada, but significant delays are expected.  Please visit the Bankruptcy Noticing Center’s site for more information and updates at https://bnc.uscourts.gov/.

The process for payment of Unclaimed Funds held by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland has been updated.  Effective October 1, 2025, subsequent to entry of an Order authorizing payment of Unclaimed Funds, payment will be made only upon receipt of an original, signed verification form sent from the Clerk’s Office to the Claimant.  Additional information on the updated Unclaimed Funds payment process is available in the Court’s Instructions for Filing Application for Payment of Unclaimed Funds. 

Please click here to view the Notice of Vacancy from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland.