Local Rule Rule 1006-1: Filing Fee
Bankr. D. Minn. — General rule
Rule 1006-1. Filing Fee The required filing fee must be paid in the form of payment authorized by the clerk on the day the petition is filed, except as provided in Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 1006(b)–(c).
[Effective April 15, 1997. Amended effective January 1, 2002; January 9, 2006; February 1, 2011; December 1, 2017; October 1, 2019; July 17, 2023.]
2023 Advisory Committee Notes Subsection (a) of former Local Rule 1006-1 was amended to clarify that any filing fee must be paid on the day the petition is filed, unless the debtor asks to pay the filing fee in installments or asks that the fee be waived under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(b)–(c). The rule was also amended to remove the specific forms of payment that are accepted by the clerk. Please refer to the court's website at www.mnb.uscourts.gov for current instructions on acceptable forms of payment.
Subsection (b) was removed as duplicative of and to ensure consistency with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1006(b)(1)–(2), which addresses how a debtor applies to pay the filing fee in installments and the court's action on the application.
Subsection (c) was removed to ensure consistency with Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1017(b), which provides that the court may dismiss a case for failure to pay any installment of the filing fee after a hearing on notice to the debtor and trustee.