Miscellaneous fees in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts increase again on November 1, 2011. The filing fee to initiate a bankruptcy case is not changing.
Debtors will have to pay $30 to amend schedule d, e, f, g, or h, up from $26. Creditors will have to pay $176 to file a motion to lift the automatic stay, up from $150.
Other fee increases:
- Certification $11 from $9
- Exemplication $21 from $18
- Record Search $30 from $26
- Adversary Proceeding $293 from $250
- Document Filing / Indexing $46 from $39
- Title 11 Administrative Fee $46 from $39
- Record Retrieval $53 from $45
- Returned Check $53 from $45
- Notice of Appeal $293 from $250
Statutory authority for the bankruptcy court fees is 28 U.S.C. 1930.
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