Local Rule RULE 1001-1: SHORT TITLE – APPLICABILITY
Bankr. N.D.N.Y. — General rule
RULE 1001-1 SHORT TITLE – APPLICABILITY
(a) Short Title. These local rules shall be known as the Local Bankruptcy Rules for the Northern District of New York and may be referred to and cited in papers filed in this Court as "Local Bankruptcy Rule - " or "LBR - ."
(b) Applicability. The Local Bankruptcy Rules supplement the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. These Local Bankruptcy Rules shall govern all proceedings in bankruptcy cases filed in the Northern District of New York.
(c) Sectional References. Unless otherwise indicated, all sectional references herein are to Title 11 of the United States Code.
(d) Hyperlinks. Unless otherwise indicated, hyperlinks are to Official Forms, Local Forms and Administrative Procedures for Filing, Signing, and Verifying Pleadings and Papers by Electronic Means ("Administrative Procedures") available on the Court's website located at www.nynb.uscourts.gov .
(e) Defined Terms. See LBR 9001-1.
Comment Under the authority of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9029, the District Court may make and amend rules of practice and procedure not inconsistent with the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and that do not prohibit or limit the use of the official forms. Pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9029, the District Court exercised its discretion and authorized the Bankruptcy Court to amend, revise and supplement the Local Bankruptcy Rules, in accordance with certain limitations, without formal submission to the District Court. See, General Order #21 signed March 7, 2014, by then Chief District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe, These Local Bankruptcy Rules, effective December 1, 2017, supersede and rescind all prior versions of the Local Bankruptcy Rules. The numbering system used correlates each Local Bankruptcy Rule to the most closely associated Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure, in conformity with the uniform numbering system prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States.
These Local Bankruptcy Rules incorporate certain Administrative Orders entered prior to October 1, 2011. Incorporated orders have been abrogated as indicated in Appendix III and are also noted on the court's website: www.nynb.uscourts.gov .
A Court may issue an Administrative Order that modifies or abrogates one or more of these Local Bankruptcy Rules. A list of Administrative Orders is available on the Court's website: www.nynb.uscourts.gov