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Fees

PAYMENT OF FEES

All fees are payable by MONEY ORDER, CASHIER’S or BANK CHECK at its Portland location and made payable to: Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The Court no longer accepts cash payments. No personal checks or credit cards will be accepted from debtors. The Court does not accept payments at its Bangor location. Please call the Clerk’s Office to inquire about possible fees to avoid delays.

Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous fee schedule

Chapter 11 Quarterly Fee Schedule

Chapter 7 Petition** $338.00
Chapter 9 Petition $1,738.00
Chapter 11 Petition** (non-railroad) $1,738.00
Chapter 12 Petition** $278.00
Chapter 13 Petition** $313.00
Chapter 15 Petition** $1738.00
Re-open Chapter 7 $260.00
Re-open Chapter 13 $235.00
Re-open Chapter 11 $1167.00
Re-open Chapter 12 $200.00
Conversion of Chapter 7 to Chapter 11 $922.00
Conversion of Chapter 13 to Chapter 11 $932.00
Conversion of Chapter 13 to Chapter 7 $25.00
Conversion of Chapter 12 to Chapter 7 $60.00
Conversion of Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 $15.00
Conversion of Chapter 12 to Chapter 13 $35.00
Amendment Fee $32.00
Motion to Terminate, Annul, Modify Stay, Withdraw Reference of Case, or to Compel Abandonment of Property of the Estate, To Sell Property of the Estate Free and Clear of Liens under 11 U.S.C.§ 363(f) $188.00
Filing of a Complaint $350.00
Appeal $298.00
Filing or Indexing Miscellaneous Paper $49.00
Registration of Judgment from Another District $49.00
Exemplifications $23.00
Retrieval of One Box of  records from a Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the court, $64.00. For retrievals involving multiple boxes, $39.00 for each additional box.  For electronic retrievals, $10 plus any charges assessed by the Federal Records Center, National Archives, or other storage location removed from the place of business of the courts. $64.00
Reproducing Any Record or Paper $ .50 per page
Reproducing and transmitting in any manner a copy of an electronic record stored outside of the court's electronic case management system. $31.00
Certification of Any Record or Document $11.00
Fee for Reproduction of Recordings $32.00
Search of Records (per name) $32.00
Any payment returned or denied for insufficient funds $53.00
Fee for Splitting a Case - Chapter 7 $338.00
Fee for Splitting a Case - Chapter 11 $1738.00
Fee for Splitting a Case - Chapter 12 $278.00
Fee for Splitting a Case - Chapter 13 $313.00
Transfer of Claim Fee $26.00
Motion for Redaction $26.00

 

The fee for filing a petition ancillary to a foreign proceeding shall be the same as the fee for filing a Chapter 11.

**These fees may be paid in installments by individual debtors only.