Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule

The fees included in the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule¹ are to be charged for services provided by the bankruptcy courts.

Effective on: December 1, 2023

  1. a. For reproducing any document and providing a copy in paper form, $.50 per page. This fee applies to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the document requested is available through electronic access. b. For reproducing and transmitting in any manner a copy of an electronic record stored outside of the court’s electronic case management system, including but not limited to, document files, audio recordings, and video recordings, $33 per record provided. Audio recordings of court proceedings continue to be governed by a separate fee under item 3 of this schedule.
  2. For certification of any document, $12.
    For exemplification of any document, $24.
  3. For reproduction of an audio recording of a court proceeding, $34. This fee applies to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the recording is available electronically.
  4. For filing an amendment to the debtor’s schedules of creditors, lists of creditors, or mailing list, $34, except:
  5. For conducting a search of the bankruptcy court records, $34 per name or item searched. This fee applies to services rendered on behalf of the United States if the information requested is available through electronic access.
  6. For filing a complaint, $350, except:
  7. For filing any document that is not related to a pending case or proceeding, $52.
  8. Administrative fee:
  9. For payment to trustees pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 330(b)(2), a $15 fee applies in the following circumstances:

10. In addition to any fees imposed under Item 9, above, the following fees must be collected:

The fee amounts in this item are derived from the fees prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a).

If the trustee files the motion to convert, the fee is payable only from the estate that exists prior to conversion.

If the filing fee for the chapter to which the case is requested to be converted is less than the fee paid at the commencement of the case, no refund may be provided.

11. For filing a motion to reopen, the following fees apply:

The fee amounts in this item are derived from the fees prescribed in 28 U.S.C.§ 1930(a).

The reopening fee must be charged when a case has been closed without a discharge being entered.

The court may waive this fee under appropriate circumstances or may defer payment of the fee from trustees pending discovery of additional assets. If payment is deferred, the fee should be waived if no additional assets are discovered.

The reopening fee must not be charged in the following situations:

12. For retrieval of one box of records from a Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the court, $70. For retrievals involving multiple boxes, $43 for each additional box. For electronic retrievals, $11 plus any charges assessed by the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the courts.

13. For any payment returned or denied for insufficient funds, or reversed due to a chargeback, $53.

14. For filing an appeal or cross appeal from a judgment, order, or decree, $293.

This fee is collected in addition to the statutory fee of $5 that is collected under 28 U.S.C. § 1930 (c) when a notice of appeal is filed.

Parties filing a joint notice of appeal should pay only one fee.

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

Upon notice from the court of appeals that a direct appeal or direct cross-appeal has been authorized, an additional fee of $307 must be collected.

15. For filing a case under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, $1167.

This fee is derived from and equal to the fee prescribed in 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(3) for filing a case commenced under Chapter 11 of Title 11.

16. The court may charge and collect fees commensurate with the cost of providing copies of the local rules of court. The court may also distribute copies of the local rules without charge.

18. For a motion filed by the debtor to divide a joint case filed under 11 U.S.C. § 302, the following fees apply:

These fees are derived from and equal to the filing fees prescribed in 28 U.S.C.§ 1930(a).

19. For filing the following motions, $199:

This fee must not be collected in the following situations:

20. For filing a transfer of claim, $28 per claim transferred.

21. For filing a motion to redact a record, $28 per affected case. The court may waive this fee under appropriate circumstances.

¹ Issued in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1930.

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