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Filing Fees

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Effective December 1, 2023

Chapter 7 $338.00
Chapter 7 Motion to Reopen $260.00
Chapter 9 $1,738.00
Chapter 9 Motion to Reopen $1,167.00
Chapter 11 $1,738.00
Chapter 11 Motion to Reopen $1,167.00
Chapter 12 $278.00
Chapter 12 Motion to Reopen $200.00
Chapter 13 $313.00
Chapter 13 Motion to Reopen $235.00
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of Foreign Proceeding
Note: If granted, must also pay applicable fee for case filing
$1,738.00
Chapter 15 Motion to Reopen $1,167.00
Abandonment of Property of the Estate - per FRBP 6007(b) or 11USC §554(b) (Motion to
Compel)
$199.00
Adversary Complaint (No reopen fee necessary unless dismissal order requires one.) $350.00
Amendment to Mailing Matrix or Schedules D, E, F, G or H (unless only changing addresses of previously listed entity) $34.00
Appeals - Notice of Appeal or Cross Appeal ($5) and Docketing ($293) [Note: $5 fee also applies to Federal Government Agencies] $298.00
Appeals - Authorization of Direct Appeal or Cross Appeal by Court of Appeals
(Once direct appeal is authorized, an additional $307 is due)
$307.00
Archived Record Retrieval (per file or docket) $70.00 for first box
containing requested
record; $43 for each
additional box
Certification of Document (Plus $.50 per page copy fee, and search fee also if deputy clerk has to locate document.) $12.00
Conversion / Reconversion from Ch. 7 to Ch. 11 (by debtor) $922.00
Conversion / Reconversion from Ch. 11 to Ch. 7 (Motions to and Notices of Conversion) $15.00
Conversion / Reconversion from Ch. 12 to Ch. 7 (Motions to and Notices of Conversion) $60.00
Conversion / Reconversion from Ch. 13 to Ch. 7 (Motions to and Notices of Conversion) $25.00
Conversion / Reconversion from Ch. 13 to Ch. 11 (by debtor) $932.00
Copies - Made by public using public access terminal at the court [Note: Search fee also applies if deputy clerk must locate document) 10¢/pg
Copies - Court employee reproducing any document and providing a copy in paper form [Note: Search fee also applies if deputy clerk must locate document) 50¢/pg
Exemplification Certificate (Same copy and search fees apply as in a certification.) $24.00
Filing/Indexing a Miscellaneous Paper $52.00
Involuntary Chapter 7 Petition $338.00
Involuntary Chapter 11 Petition $1.738.00
Notice of Removal $350.00
Payment Returned/Denied for Insufficient Funds (formerly Returned Check; amount did not change) $53.00
Redact (Motion) $28.00 per affected case
Registering judgment from other district $52.00
Registry, Handling Charge Generally 10% of interest earnings on all deposits to the account
Relief from Automatic Stay - per 11 USC §362(a) (Motion) (i.e., not motions solely per §1201 or §1301) $199.00
Reproduction of recording of proceedings $34.00
Search of Record (Each time a deputy clerk searches a file to look up information or copy documents.) $34.00
Sell Property Free and Clear of Liens Under 11 USC § 363(f) (Motion) $199.00
Severance of Joint Debtors' Chapter 7 Case $338.00
Severance of Joint Debtors' Chapter 11 Case $1,738.00
Severance of Joint Debtors' Chapter 12 Case $278.00
Severance of Joint Debtors' Chapter 13 Case $313.00
Transfer of Claim $28.00
Withdraw Reference of a Case (Motion per 28 USC §157(d) $199.00

Other Fees

Search of Records performed by the PACER Service Center
(Billed through the PACER Service Center)
$30.00
Public Users obtaining information through a Federal Judiciary Internet Site
(Billed through the PACER Service Center)
10¢ per page, total not to exceed $3.00 per document; attachments treated as a separate document. Transcripts of federal court proceedings are not subject to the 30-page ($3.00 per document) fee limit.