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Bankruptcy Filing Fees to Increase November 1, 2011
10.18.2011

On September 13, 2011, the Judicial Conference of the United States approved increases to certain fees associated with bankruptcy courts due to inflation.  As a result, the cost for filing a bankruptcy, an adversary proceeding, a motion for relief from the automatic stay and other miscellaneous fees charged by the bankruptcy court will increase effective November 1, 2011.  In addition, the overall filing fee for each bankruptcy chapter will increase by $7 due to the administrative fee component of the petition filing fee increasing from $39 to $46.  The following is a list of the new fees associated with bankruptcy cases:

Certification

$11.00 (formerly $9.00)

Exemplification

$21.00 (formerly $18.00)

Audio Recording

$30.00 (formerly $26.00)

Amended Bankruptcy Schedules

$30.00 (formerly $26.00)

Record Search

$30.00 (formerly $26.00)

Adversary Proceeding Fee

$293.00 (formerly $250.00)

Document Filing/Indexing

$46.00 (formerly $39.00)

Title 11 Administrative Fee

$46.00 (formerly $39.00)

Record Retrieval Fee

$53.00 (formerly $45.00)

Returned Check Fee

$53.00 (formerly $45.00)

Notice of Appeal Fee

$293.00 (formerly $250.00)

Lift/Stay Fee

$176.00 (formerly $150.00)

In addition to bankuptcy fee increases, the Judicial Conference also approved increases in certain fees for courts of appeals, district courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.  For more information regarding the fee increases, please click here for the Miscellaneous Fee Schedules.