Rule 3011
Chapter 7, Subchapter V of Chapter 11, Chapter 12, and Chapter 13—Listing Unclaimed Funds
CLAIMS; PLANS; DISTRIBUTIONS TO CREDITORS AND EQUITY SECURITY HOLDERS
(a)Filing the List.
The trustee must:
(1) file a list of the known names and addresses of entities entitled to payment from any remaining property of the estate that is paid into court under § 347(a); and
(2) include the amount due each entity.
(b)Making the Information Searchable.
On the court’s website, the clerk must provide searchable access to information about funds deposited under § 347(a). The court may, for cause, limit access to that information in a specific case.
When a bankruptcy case ends, sometimes there is leftover money that was never claimed by the people or businesses who were supposed to get it. The trustee, who manages the bankruptcy case, must give the court a list of everyone who is still owed money. The list must include each person's name, address, and how much money they are owed.
The court's website must make this information available so people can search for it online. This way, if you are owed money from a bankruptcy case, you can look it up yourself. In rare situations, the court can restrict access to this information in a specific case if there is a good reason to do so.
Summary generated March 09, 2026
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules—1983
This rule is derived from former Bankruptcy Rule 310. The operative provisions of that rule, however, are contained in § 347(a) of the Code, requiring the trustee to stop payment of checks remaining unpaid 90 days after distribution. The rule adds the requirement of filing a list of the names and addresses of the persons entitled to these dividends. This rule applies in a chapter 7 or 13 case but not in a chapter 9 or 11 case. The latter cases are governed by § 347(b) of the Code which provides for unclaimed distributions to be returned to the debtor or other entity acquiring the assets of the debtor.
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules—1991 Amendment
The title of this rule is amended to include chapter 12 cases. The words “with the clerk” are deleted as unnecessary. See Rules 5005(a) and 9001(3).
Committee Notes on Rules—2022 Amendment
The rule is amended in response to the enactment of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, Pub. L. No. 116–54, 133 Stat. 1079. That law gives a small business debtor the option of electing to be a debtor under subchapter V of chapter 11. The rule is amended to include such cases because § 347(a) of the Code applies to them.
Committee Notes on Rules—2023 Amendment
Rule 3011 is amended to require the clerk to provide searchable access (as by providing a link to the U.S. Bankruptcy Unclaimed Funds Locator) on the court’s website to information about unclaimed funds deposited pursuant to § 347(a). The court may limit access to information about such funds in a specific case for cause, including, for example, if such access risks disclosing the identity of claimants whose privacy should be protected, or if the information about the unclaimed funds is so old as to be unreliable.
Committee Notes on Rules—2024 Amendment
The language of Rule 3011 has been amended as part of the general restyling of the Bankruptcy Rules to make them more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. These changes are intended to be stylistic only.
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