Local Rule 2002-1: Notice to Creditors & Other Interested Parties
Bankr. M.D. Tenn. — General rule
2002-1 Notice to Creditors & Other Interested Parties
(a) Notice of Meeting of Creditors When Schedules and/or Creditor List Are Filed Subsequent to the Petition. If the list required by FED. R. BANKR. P. 1007 is not filed, does not conform to Mailing List Guidelines located on the court's website, or is amended to add creditors after the filing of the petition, the debtor shall mail a copy of the meeting of creditors notice issued by the court to all entities on the List of Creditors, or if amended, all entities not on the original List of Creditors, within 7 days of the filing of the list or amendment. The debtor shall then file a certificate of service pursuant to LBR 9013-3.
(b) Notice to the State of Tennessee. Notice to the State of Tennessee, its agencies and departments, shall be accomplished by notice to the specific agency and to the Tennessee Attorney General's Office at the addresses posted on the court's website at https:www.tnmb.uscourts.gov /rule-5003-registry.
(c) Publication of Notices of Summaries of Trustees' Final Reports. In lieu of notice by mail, the clerk may publish notices of summaries of trustees' final reports on the court's website (https://www.tnmb.uscourts.gov/summary-trustees-final-reports). In each case, the clerk shall issue a one-page Notice of Publication of the Summary of Trustee's Final Report to the debtor and all creditors containing the web address of the trustee's final report and the court's mailing address and telephone number which may be used to request free copies.
(d) Electronic Service of Filed Documents. Transmission of the Notice of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF shall constitute service of the electronically filed document on persons registered as Electronic Filers. See Administrative Procedures for Electronic Case Filing regarding the effect of registration as a Filer on the CM/ECF system.
(1) A certificate of service must be filed with respect to all electronically filed documents stating that service was made upon Filers through CM/ECF and further stating how service was accomplished on any entity not served through CM/ECF.
(2) Initial documents, such as a complaint and summons in an adversary proceeding or a motion commencing a contested matter under FED. R. BANKR. P. 9014, must be served in accordance with Rule 7004 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and not through CM/ECF.
(e) Limited Notice under Rule 2002(h) Permitted. Notices otherwise required by Rule 2002(a) may be limited as authorized by FED. R. BANKR. P. 2002(h); however, notice to any governmental unit may not be limited under this rule until after the deadline for the governmental unit to file a proof of claim under Rule 3002(c).