Local Rule RULE 3003-1: FILING PROOF OF CLAIM IN CHAPTER 9 OR CHAPTER 11

RULE 3003-1. FILING PROOF OF CLAIM IN CHAPTER 9 OR CHAPTER 11 Chapter 11 Cases.

1.Claims Bar Date. In all Chapter 11 cases, the Court shall fix a claims bar date. Such deadline may be specified in the 341 meeting notice.

2.Notice of Bar Date. In Chapter 11 cases, unless the Court orders otherwise, the Clerk will serve notice of the claims bar date with a blank proof of claim and instructions that conform substantially to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Director's Procedural Form 410 on all creditors and parties in interest at the time the § 341 meeting of creditors is noticed.

3.Creditors Added After Claims Bar Date. If the debtor amends its Chapter 11 schedules to add a creditor or to reduce the amount of a claim or reclassify a claim as contingent, unliquidated, or disputed after having served notice of the claims bar date, then, in addition to serving the amended schedules on the affected creditor, the debtor shall serve the notice of claims bar date upon the affected creditor and shall give written notice that the creditor must file any claim by the bar date or thirty (30) days after the date of the notice, whichever is later, and file a Certificate of Mailing in compliance with Local Rule 2002-1(E) and 5005-1(E) within two (2) days thereafter. See Local Rule 1009-1(E).

In a Chapter 9 or 11 case, the DIP or trustee, if one is appointed, shall file a request for order fixing time within which proofs of claim or interest must be filed if the court has not already set a time for filing. The request must be filed and DIP or trustee shall serve the order fixing the time within which to file proofs of claim or interest on the debtor, the trustee, all creditors, indenture trustees, equity security holders, and all persons requesting notice in the case. See also Local Rule 2002-1(E)(1) and (2).