Local Rule RULE 1007-2: Master Mailing List.

RULE 1007-2. Master Mailing List.

(a) Filing Requirements.

(1) Voluntary Case. A "master mailing list," also known as the "mailing matrix" or "matrix," shall be filed with the petition in the form required by the Clerk at that time. The master mailing list shall include the name and mailing address of every creditor, each general and limited partner for a partnership debtor, the most recent officers and directors for a corporate debtor, all equity security holders, and the members or managers of a limited liability company. If debtor does not file a master mailing list with the petition, debtor shall file a Notice of Filing of Creditor Mailing Matrix that attaches the master mailing list as an exhibit with the Clerk.

(2) Involuntary Case. With every involuntary petition, there shall be filed a master mailing list that includes the name and address of each petitioner, the petitioner's attorney, debtor, any debtor's attorney, all last known general partners if debtor is a partnership, all last known officers if debtor is a corporation, and the last known members and managers if debtor is a limited liability company.

(3) Duty to Supplement. A supplemental mailing list setting forth newly added creditors, additional parties in interest, and all previously listed creditors and parties in interest shall be filed with all schedules or amended schedules, which will replace any previously filed mailing list. Debtor's failure to file a replacement mailing list with all creditors and parties in interest, including any added persons, and to certify that a Notice of Commencement of Case, if previously entered by the Clerk, has been mailed to all added parties shall be grounds for the Court to dismiss debtor's petition without further notice or a hearing.

(b) Accuracy and Completeness. The debtor is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the master mailing list. When serving notices, the Clerk and any party in interest may rely exclusively on the master mailing list. It shall be debtor's responsibility to amend the matrix whenever it appears that a creditor or other party in interest was omitted.

(c) Dismissal. If the master mailing list containing the names and addresses of each entity included or to be included on Schedules D, E/F, G, and H as required by Mont. LBR 1007-2(a) and 11 U.S.C. § 521(a)(1)(A), and the List of the 20 Largest Unsecured Creditors, if required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(d), are not filed with the petition, the Clerk will enter a Notice of Pending Dismissal for failure to file a Master Mailing List or List of the 20 Largest Unsecured Creditors explaining if the missing list is not received before the expiration of the seventh day following the date of the petition, the case will be dismissed without further notice or a hearing.

Related Authority: 11 U.S.C. § 102 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007, 1017, and 9004