Effective December 1, 2020
(See Title 28 U.S.C., Sections 1913, 1914, 1926, 1930, & 1932) - The Bankruptcy Court accepts cash, money orders, cashier's checks, checks from law firms, American Express, Diners Club, Discover, Mastercard, VISA and ACH for payment of filing fees. Debtors may not present credit cards to pay fees and all checks from law firms must include a current pre-printed address.
For a complete list of all Bankruptcy Fees please visit the U.S. Courts web page on the Bankruptcy Fee Schedule.
| Filing Fees | |
| Chapter 7 | $ 338 |
| Chapter 11 | $ 1,738 |
| Chapter 12 | $ 278 |
| Chapter 13 | $ 313 |
| Conversion Fees | |
| Ch 7 to Ch 11 | $ 922 |
| Ch 7 to Ch 13 | $ 0 |
| Ch 13 to Ch 7 | $ 25 |
| Ch 13 to Ch 11 | $ 932 |
| Ch 12 to Ch 7 | $ 60 |
| Ch 11 to Ch 7 | $ 15 |
| Motion To Reopen Fees | |
| Chapter 7 | $ 260 |
| Chapter 11 | $ 1,167 |
| Chapter 11 Railroad | $ 1,000 |
| Chapter 12 | $ 275 |
| Chapter 13 | $ 235 |
| Amendment Fees | |
| Sch D, E or F (per schedule) | $ 32 |
| List of Creditors, Mailing List | $ 32 |
NOTE: 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.
| Deconsolidation of Joint Case Fees (Bifurcated) | |
| Chapter 7 | $ 338 |
| Chapter 11 | $ 1,738 |
| Chapter 12 | $ 278 |
| Chapter 13 | $ 313 |
| Adversary Proceeding Fees | |
| Complaint | $ 350 |
| Notice of Removal | $ 350 |
| Complaint filed by Trustee with Application to Defer Filing Fee | $ 0 |
A fee is not required if filed by a child support creditor or their representative. If a trustee or debtor in possession is the appellant and files a Notice of Appeal or a Cross Appeal the fee should be payable only from the estate and to the extent there is any estate realized.
| Motion Fees | |
| Motion for Relief from Stay | $ 188 |
| Motion for Relief from Co-Debtor Stay | $ 0 |
| Consent Motion for Relief from Stay | $ 0 |
| Motion for Abandonment | $ 188 |
| Motion for Withdrawal of Reference | $ 188 |
| Motion to Sell Free and Clear | $ 188 |
| Motion to Redact | $ 26 |
| Appeals Fees | |
| Notice of Appeals | $ 298 |
| Notice with Motion for Leave to Appeal | $ 5 |
| Upon Granting a Motion for Leave to Appeal | $ 293 |
| Cross Appeals | $ 298 |
| Direct Appeals | $ 207 |
| Direct Cross Appeals | $ 207 |
| Miscellaneous Fees | |
| Retrieval of a box from Archives (one box is $64 and $39 for each additional box) | $ 64/$39 |
| Any payment returned or denied for insufficient funds | $ 53 |
| Search of Records (per name or item) | $ 32 |
| Registration of Judgment/Order of Discharge from another District | $ 46 |
| Admission Pro Hac Vice | $ 100 |
| Issuance of Foreign Subpoena | $ 46 |
| Filing or Indexing any Document not in Case or Proceeding for which a filing fee has already been paid | $ 49 |
| Microfilm/Microfiche of Court Records | $ 5 |
| Electronic Record Retrieval | $10 |
| Pull/Refile Fee for Electronic Record Retrieval | $9.90 |
| Page Fee for Electronic Record Retrieval | $.65 |
| Electronic Record Fee | $32 |
| Reproduction Fees | |
| Certification | $ 11 |
| Exemplification (Triple Seal) | $ 23 |
| Photocopies (per page) | $ .50 |
| Transcript ~ Ordinary 30 day order (per page) | $ 3.65 |
| Transcript ~ Expedited 14 day order (per page) | $ 4.25 |
| Transcript ~ Expedited 7 day order (per page) | $ 4.85 |
| Transcript ~ Expedited 3 day order (per page) | $ 5.45 |
| Daily Transcript ~ Due following morning (per page) | $ 6.05 |
| Hourly Transcript ~ Due 2 hours after proceeding (per page) | $ 7.25 |
| Realtime Transcript ~ Unedited Draft (per page) | $ 3.05 |
| Reproduction of Recording of Proceedings, regardless of the medium | $ 32 |
| Local rules | $ 0 |