Bankruptcy Court Costs Increase

by Jill Michaux, Kansas Bankruptcy Attorney

Bankruptcy Court Costs Increase

Miscellaneous fees in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts increase again on November 1, 2011.  The filing fee to initiate a bankruptcy case is not technically changing, but the "administrative" fee is going up $7 so the total fees that must be paid to file a new bankruptcy case go up by $7.

The new total fees to start a new bankruptcy case starting November 1, 2011, are

• chapter 7            $306
• chapter 13          $281
• chapter 11        $1046

Debtors will have to pay $30 to amend schedule d, e, f, g, or h, up from $26.  Creditors will have to pay $176 to file a motion to lift the automatic stay, up from $150.

Other fee increases:

• Certification $11 from $9

• Exemplication $21 from $18

• Record Search $30 from $26

• Adversary Proceeding $293 from $250

• Document Filing / Indexing $46 from $39

• Title 11 Administrative Fee $46 from $39

• Record Retrieval $53 from $45

• Returned Check $53 from $45

• Notice of Appeal $293 from $250

Statutory authority for the bankruptcy court fees is 28 U.S.C. 1930.

 

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