Local Rule RULE 1006-1: FEES – INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS

RULE 1006-1 FEES – INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS

(a) The filing fee is due upon the commencement of the case.

(b) Cash is not accepted in this Court. Attorneys must pay fees electronically through the Court's online case management and electronic case filing system ("CM/ECF"). Debtors must pay fees by certified check or money order made out to: U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

(c) In a Chapter 13 case where the filing fee will be paid in installments, only the initial installment may be paid to the Clerk when filing the petition. Subsequent installment payments for filing fees in a Chapter 13 case must be paid through the Chapter 13 plan. The Chapter 13 plan shall list the amount of the initial installment paid directly to the Clerk and the balance due to be paid through the debtor's plan payments.

(d) Dismissal of a petition prior to payment of the full filing fee does not excuse the unpaid portion of the filing fee. If a debtor files an application to pay case filing fees in the current case in installments, and the debtor owes an unpaid fee from a previous case that was not discharged in a prior bankruptcy case, the application will be denied and case conditionally dismissed without a hearing. The debtor will have fourteen (14) days from the denial date to pay the pending case filing fee in full, and, if the entire filing fee is not paid after the deadline, the case will be dismissed without a hearing or further notice.