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Rule 1007-1. Lists (other than mailing list of creditors), Schedules, Statements, and Payment Advices; Extension of Time to File.

(a) Form.

(1) Lists (other than mailing list of creditors), schedules, and statements. All lists (other than the mailing list of creditors), schedules, and statements shall conform to the official forms and be typewritten. A creditor shall be listed at the creditor's own address and shall not be listed only in care of its attorney at the attorney's address.

(2) Payment advices. Payment advices (also known as wage or earnings statements) shall be attached to a signed and dated statement that conforms to Appendix 1B.

(b) Non-disclosure of personal data identifiers. The debtor is solely responsible for redacting any personal data identifiers that may appear in the documents governed by this rule. The Clerk shall have no responsibility for doing so and no liability for not doing so.

(1) Minor children or other dependents. Unless otherwise ordered, a debtor shall disclose only the relationship (e.g., "child" or "parent"), not the full name or initials, of any dependent and only the age of the dependent, not the full date of birth of the dependent.

(2) Social Security number. A debtor represented by an attorney shall disclose his full Social Security number only through the electronic petition filing process. A debtor not represented by an attorney shall file an Official Form 121, Statement About Your Social Security Numbers, with his petition. If a debtor needs to disclose a Social Security number in any other document governed by this rule, the debtor shall list only the last four digits. Unless otherwise ordered, a debtor shall not disclose the Social Security number of a dependent.

(3) Account numbers. Unless otherwise ordered, a debtor shall include only the last four digits of any account number on schedule D, schedule E/F, or any other document governed by this rule.

(c) Documents filed only by an individual debtor. Notwithstanding any suggestion to the contrary in the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, only an individual debtor shall file Official Forms 106C, 106I, 106J, 106J-2, 122A-1, 122A-1Supp, 122A-2, 122B, 122C-1, or 122C-2, the payment advices described in Fed.R.Bankr.P. 1007(b)(1)(E) and paragraph (a)(2) above, and the record of any interest the debtor has in an account or program of the type specified in 11 U.S.C. § 521(c).

(d) Submission. Only the original of each list, schedule, and statement shall be filed with the Court (no copies).

(e) Extension of time to file.

(1) Motion and service. A motion to extend the time to file a list, schedule, statement, or payment advices shall be filed before the existing deadline set by 11 U.S.C. § 521 or § 1106(a)(2), Fed.R.Bankr.P. 1007 or 7007.1(b), or an order has expired and shall state the cause for the extension requested and the specific extension requested (e.g., "until April 1, 2023"). Absent exigent circumstances, the motion should not request an extension to a date that is fewer than three days before the meeting of creditors under 11 U.S.C. § 341(a). The motion shall constitute notice of the extension sought and shall be served on parties in interest not electronically served.

(2) Objection. Any objection or other response to a motion to extend the time to file a list, schedule, statement, or payment advices shall be filed with the Court within seven days after the motion is filed with the Court and served on the movant and any other party in interest not electronically served.

(f) Statement of corporate ownership. A corporate debtor under any chapter shall file the statement of corporate ownership required by Fed.R.Bankr.P. 1007(a)(1) using the form at Appendix 1C.

(g) Chapter 11 statement under 11 U.S.C. § 1116(1). A debtor in a small business chapter 11 case and a debtor who has elected to be a debtor under subchapter V of chapter 11 shall file a statement regarding certain business records using the form at Appendix 1D and attach thereto, when applicable, the business records required by 11 U.S.C. § 1116(1)(A).

(h) Record of interest in certain education related accounts and programs. An individual debtor shall file a record of any interest the debtor has in an education individual retirement account, a qualified ABLE program, or a qualified state tuition program, as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 521(c), by attaching the record(s) to the form at Appendix 1E.

REFERENCES: 11 U.S.C. §§ 341, 521, and 1116; 26 U.S.C. §§ 529(b)(1) and 530(b)(1); Fed.Rs.Bankr.P. 1007, 9004, and 9037; Official Forms 106A/B, 106C, 106D, 106E/F, 106G, 106H, 106I, 106J, 106J-2, 107, 108, 121, 122A-1, 122A-1Supp, 122A-2, 122B, 122C-1, 122C-2, 206A/B, 206D, 206E/F, 206G, 206H, and 207.

Practice Pointer: A checklist of filing requirements for each chapter may be found at Appendix 1A.