Local Rule 9036.1: DEBTOR ELECTRONIC BANKRUPTCY NOTIFICATION

LBR 9036.1 DEBTOR ELECTRONIC BANKRUPTCY NOTIFICATION

(a) DeBN Request Form. Each debtor who files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy on or after August 1, 2015, must file, contemporaneous with the petition, a completed Debtor's Electronic Noticing Request (DeBN Request) on the form provided by the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court. Each DeBN Request must indicate whether the debtor: (1) requests creation of a new DeBN account to begin receiving court notices and orders via email pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036, or (2) declines participation in the DeBN program, or (3) requests an update to or reactivation of an existing DeBN account, or (4) requests deactivation of an existing DeBN account.

(b) Email Address. DeBN Requests to create a new DeBN account and DeBN Requests to update or reactivate an existing DeBN account must list a valid and active email address for the debtor. A debtor may list the same email address that was listed on a joint debtor's DeBN Request, however each debtor and each joint debtor must sign and file a separate DeBN Request regardless of whether they share the same email address.

(c) Proof of Identity. All DeBN Requests must be filed with sufficient evidence of the debtor's identity. The debtor provides sufficient evidence of identity when: (1) the debtor's attorney files the DeBN Request electronically in CM/ECF, (2) the debtor files the DeBN Request in person at the Clerk's Office and displays a photo identification or other information that would satisfy 11 U.S.C. § 521(h), or (3) the debtor files the DeBN Request by mail and provides a copy of a photo identification or other information that would satisfy 11 U.S.C. § 521(h).

(d) Clerk Duties. The clerk will act upon the DeBN Request promptly after it is filed. While the debtor's DeBN account is active, the clerk is directed to send court-issued notices and orders via email pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9036 whenever the clerk would otherwise be required to send the notice or order by regular mail.

(e) Undeliverable Email Notices. If an attempt to deliver a notice or order via email fails, the debtor's DeBN account may be immediately deactivated. A debtor may reactivate the debtor's DeBN account by submitting a DeBN Request to reactivate an existing account and supplying a valid and active email address.

(f) Scope of DeBN. The existence of an active DeBN account does not authorize any person other than the court to provide notice or service solely by email if notice or service would otherwise be required by regular mail or other means. * * * As amended 12/1/24, 3/17/16.