Local Rule 5081-1: Fees: Form of Payment.

Rule 5081-1. Fees: Form of Payment.

(a) Payments by an attorney. An attorney, other than an attorney who represents a case trustee, shall pay any Clerk's fee, other than a fee for a transcript of a hearing or a trial, by credit card in accordance with the directives of the Clerk.

(b) Payments by a litigant not represented by an attorney. A party, other than a case trustee, who is not represented by an attorney shall pay any Clerk's fee by cashier's check or money order made payable to "Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court" or, only if the funds are hand-delivered, in cash. The payment shall be tendered in the exact amount.

(c) Payments by a case trustee. A case trustee shall pay any Clerk's fee in accordance with the directives of the Clerk and the United States Trustee.

REFERENCES: 11 U.S.C. §§ 1129(a)(12), 1226(b)(1), 1228(a), 1326(b)(1), and 1328(a); and 28 U.S.C. § 1930. See Official Form 103A for the Application for Individuals to Pay the Filing Fee in Installments or Official Form 103B for the Application to Have the Chapter 7 Filing Fee Waived. See the Internet Payment Guide on the Court's website at www.sdb.uscourts.gov.

Practice Pointer: If a debtor makes application for waiver of the case filing fee under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(f)(1), the debtor should, when circumstances warrant, also request in the same application a waiver under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(f)(2) of the other fees prescribed by the Judicial Conference under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(b) and (c).