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New Years Day	January 1
Martin Luther King's Birthday	3rd Monday in January
President's Day	3rd Monday in February
Memorial Day	Last Monday in May
Independence Day	July 4
Labor Day	lst Monday in September
Columbus Day	2nd Monday in October
Veteran's Day	November 11
Thanksgiving Day	4th Thursday in November
Christmas	December 25

Phone Numbers

Clerk's Office Addresses

Court Locations

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa holds court at the following locations:

Map of Court Divisions for the Northern District of Iowa

• Cedar Rapids
• Dubuque
• Fort Dodge
• Mason City
• Sioux City
• Independence

Fax Notification Service

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa is pleased to provide fax service to bankruptcy attorneys. The clerk’s office will be able to fax all limited notices, orders, and copy requests.

Fax service allows attorneys to receive these documents substantially faster than by mail. It also reduces our costs for postage, printing, and envelopes. As with our other automation initiatives, it is our goal to provide you with the best possible service using available technology.

We will not fax high-volume notices that go to all creditors, such as the notice of commencement of case. These high volume notices will continue to be mailed through the Bankruptcy Noticing Center. This service does not permit you to file documents by fax. It only allows you to receive fax service of court orders and notices.

If you are a practicing bankruptcy attorney in our district and are interested in receiving court documents by fax, please complete and return the reply card. Click here to get the Fax Service Program reply card. You will be responsible for notifying the clerk’s office in writing if your fax number changes or if your fax machine will be out of service for an extended period of time.

Matrix Requirements

The matrix shall conform to the following requirements

1. The matrix must be on standard 8 ½ x 11" white paper in single column format. The matrix must be typed using either:
   • Courier
   • Arial
   • Times New Roman
   typeface. All characters and lines on the matrix must be properly aligned and justified at the left margin. The type must be clear and readable. Keep punctuation and symbols to a minimum.
2. Do not include the debtor, joint debtor, attorney for the debtor, or the Office of the U.S. Trustee. They will be retrieved automatically from the debtor's petition.
3. The matrix must be an original document separate from the petition with no stray marks, stains, or titles on its face.
4. Upper case only (all capital letters), bold, and/or italic typefaces are not acceptable. Type in upper and lower case as you would on a letter.
5. The matrix must be typed so that margins are no closer than one (1) inch from all edges of the page.
6. Each party's name/address block must consist of a minimum of three (3) lines of text and a maximum of five (5) lines. Do not place a blank line within a name/address block.
7. Each name/address block must be separated by at least three (3) blank line spaces. Each entity must only be listed once.
8. Each line of text may be no more than 40 characters long.
9. The last line for each individual entity MUST contain each of the following items in the following order: city, state, and zip code. If a nine-digit zip code is used, it must be typed with a hyphen separating the two groups.
10. All states must be two-letter (two characters only) abbreviated without spaces or periods. Example: correct="DC"; wrong = "D.C." or "Dist. of Columbia".
11. On the back of each page of the matrix, type the debtor's name, the page number, and total number of pages in the matrix. Example: John Doe, Page 1 of 2.
12. ALWAYS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PARTIES AS INDICATED (current matrix list is maintained by the Clerk's Office):

Internal Revenue Service (Chapter 11 only)

Iowa Department of Human Services (If overpayment of public benefits such as Aid to Dependent Children, Food Stamps, Title XIX Medicaid, or child support assigned to the Department exists)

REGARDING NOTICE TO BE GIVEN WHEN AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES IS A CREDITOR:

Any agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States that is a creditor of a debtor shall be included in the lists, schedules, statements, and/or matrices of creditors using the most current address available. If the debtor-creditor relationship is with a federal agency whose office is located outside the state of Iowa, the out-of-state address should be used in addition to the addresses contained in the list maintained by the Clerk's Office.

Federal agencies/departments/instrumentalities which may require notice:

• Department of Veterans Affairs
• US Department of Education
• Small Business Administration
• Farm Service Agency
• USDA/Rural Development
• US Department of Agriculture
• US Department of Labor
• Internal Revenue Service
• US Department of Housing & Urban Development
• US Department of Health & Human Services
• US Social Security Administration

Matrix List

Fees

Miscellaneous Fees

Amendments to debtor's schedules, or list of creditors (per amendment)	20.00
Certifying any document or paper	5.00
Exemplification	10.00
Check paid into court & returned for lack of funds	25.00
Clerk or deputy's search of records (per name)	15.00
Comparing copy with original entry, record, or paper (per page)	2.00
Copy of court record on microfilm (per sheet)	3.00
Obtaining file from archives	25.00
Registering judgment from other district	20.00
Reproducing any record or paper (per page)	.50
Reproducing magnetic tape recordings, either cassette or reel-to-reel (plus cost of materials)	15.00
Witness fees (per day)	40.00
Witness mileage (per mile, round trip)	.31

Summaries of Judicial Decisions

Judicial decisions posted on this site are provided by the Court as a convenience to the bar and the public. While every effort is made to provide complete and accurate information, the availability or absense of judicial decisions here does not guarantee that these postings accurately reflect the official records of the Court.

Judge William L. Edmonds

• Index of Decisions (09/01/87-12/31/94)
• Index of Decisions (01/01/95-07/31/00)

Judge Paul J. Kilburg

• List of Decisions (4/23/93-10/25/99)
• Survey of Recent Decisions (10/1/98-10/25/99)
• Survey of Recent Decisions (10/18/97-10/1/98)
• Survey of Recent Decisions (9/25/96-10/17/97)
• Survey of Recent Decisions (10/1/95-9/24/96)
• Survey of Recent Decisions (9/15/94-10/1/95)
• Survey of Recent Decisions (8/23/93-9/15/94)
• Survey of Recent Decisions (4/23/93-8/23/93)