Local Rule RULE 1006-1: Filing Fee
Bankr. E.D. La. — General rule
RULE 1006-1 Filing Fee A. Payment of Fees 1. Advance Payment Required. The Clerk is not required to file any paper or render any service for which a fee is legally collectible unless the fee for the particular service is paid in advance or in installment payments authorized by court order. Filing fees for filings made remotely must be paid within forty-eight (48) hours.
2. Untimely Payment. Failure to pay timely a filing or other fee may result in the sua sponte striking of the filing, the dismissal of the case, or the loss, in whole or in part, of CM/ECF privileges for Electronic Filers.
3. Fees must be paid as provided in the Administrative Procedures Manual.
B. Refund of Filing Fees 1. Upon the filing of an ex parte application, the Clerk is authorized to issue refunds for the following without a court order:
a. Fees collected without authority;
b. Duplicate credit card payments;
c. Payments that result from a duplicate pleading erroneously filed through CM/ECF; or d. Fees collected due to the Clerk's administrative error.
2. All other requests for refunds must be made by ex parte motion for judicial determination.
3. If a party filed a document for which a fee should be charged but the manner of filing did not automatically trigger a fee notification, the Clerk may, without an order, administratively correct the filing and collect the fee.