Local Rule RULE 3003-1: Proofs of Claim and Interest in Chapter 11 Cases.
Bankr. D. Mont. — General rule
RULE 3003-1. Proofs of Claim and Interest in Chapter 11 Cases.
(a) Time to file. Pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3003(c)(3) and except as provided in subdivision (b) of this Local Rule, the last day to file proofs of claim in a Chapter 11 case shall be 90 days from the first date set for the meeting of creditors pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 341(a). A governmental unit shall file a claim before 180 days after the date of the order for relief except as otherwise provided in the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. The Clerk shall notify all creditors and parties in interest of such bar date.
(b) Extension. The Court may, for cause shown, extend the deadline upon motion, notice, and hearing. If the notice for the meeting of creditors pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 341(a) has been sent by the clerk's office to creditors, the notification to creditors of an extension of the deadline to file claims will be the responsibility of debtor in possession and its counsel.
(c) Proof of Claim filing deadline in a Subchapter V, Chapter 11 Case. The last day to file proofs of claim in a small business, subchapter V, chapter 11 case shall be seventy (70) days after the date of the order for relief. A claim of a governmental unit shall be filed no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of the order for relief, except as otherwise provided in the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. The clerk shall notify all creditors and parties in interest of such bar date.
Related Authority: Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2002, 3002, and 3003