Notice to the Bar and Public Concerning Fee Changes Effective December 1, 2016
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
NOTICE TO THE BAR AND PUBLIC CONCERNING
FEE CHANGES EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2016
At its September 2016 session, the Judicial Conference of the United States approved adjustments to
certain fees contained in the Bankruptcy Miscellaneous Fee Schedule. The new fee amounts are effective
December 1, 2016.
- Exemplification of any document - $22.00
- Reproduction of an audio recording of a court proceeding - $31.00
- Filing an amendment to the debtor’s schedule of creditors, or mailing list - $31.00
- Conducting a search of the bankruptcy court records - $31.00
- Filing any document that is not related to a pending case or proceeding - $47.00
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Filing any of the following motions - $181.00
- o Motion to terminate, annul, modify or condition the automatic stay
- o Motion to compel the abandonment of property of the estate
- o Motion to withdraw the reference of a case or proceeding
- o Motion to sell property of the estate free and clear of liens un 11 U.S.C. § 363(f)
The Conference also approved revisions to the Bankruptcy Miscellaneous Fee Schedule relating to
fees for handling registry funds. The current fee structure for handling court registry funds consists of two
components, a “registry fee,” which represents the court’s costs of handling registry funds and an
“investment services fee.” Procedurally, both fees are collected by the CRIS program (for more
information on CRIS, see the court’s Amended General Order Regarding Deposit and Investment of
Registry Funds, dated November 9, 2016).
At its September 2016 session, the Judicial Conference approved replacing the current registry and
investment services fees with a single unified fee. The new fee will be set at an annual rate of one-tenth of
one percent (.1 %) of assets on deposit and will apply to all registry funds invested through CRIS except
for funds held pending resolution of interpleader cases. The Judicial Conference also approved a separate,
higher fee for administering funds in statutory interpleader cases through CRIS, which fee is set at an
annual rate of two-tenths of one percent (.2 %) of assets on deposit.
November 14, 2016 James J. Waldron, Clerk