Notice from the U.S. Trustee: The U.S. Trustee Program is extending the requirement that section 341 meetings be conducted only through telephonic or other alternative means not requiring in-person appearance to all cases filed through July 10,...
News & Announcements
April 13, 2020
Administrative Order 20-03 regarding COVID-19 Temporarily Suspending Original Signature Requirements
April 9, 2020
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was passed to provide financially distressed consumers and small businesses greater access to bankruptcy relief for a period of one year. Key bankruptcy provisions...
March 17, 2020
Attached please find a notice from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Iowa regarding court operations during the COVID-19 outbreak. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
February 6, 2020
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Thad J. Collins has signed Standing Order No. 20-01 Adopting Interim Bankruptcy Rules Implementing the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019. The Act known as “SBRA” goes into effect on February 19, 2020. A “redline”...
October 18, 2019
On February 19, 2020, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, P.L. 116-54 (SBRA) will go into effect – long before the normal three-year rules amendment process runs its course. As a temporary measure, the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy...
October 15, 2019
On August 26, 2019, the President signed into law the Honoring American Veterans in Extreme Need Act of 2019 (the HAVEN Act) Public Law No. 116-52. The HAVEN Act amended 11 U.S.C. § 101(10A) to exclude from the definition of Current Monthly...
August 21, 2019
On August 19, 2019, the Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, and Civil Rules published proposed amendments to their respective rules and forms and requested that the proposals be circulated to the bar and public for...
April 22, 2019
The Bankruptcy Court Clerk's Office for the Northern District of Iowa will be open for limited services only starting the afternoon of Wednesday, May 1 through Friday, May 3. Employees will be attending off-site training.
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March 13, 2019
NOTICE REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO OFFICIAL BANKRUPTCY FORMS EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2019