Bankruptcy Fee Increases Coming Soon

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Coming soon, to a bankruptcy court near you—new fees.

Starting June 1, it will cost plaintiffs $350 to file a lawsuit in bankruptcy court, a $57 increase from the prior $293 adversary filing fee, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts announced this week.

It’ll also cost more to file for Chapter 9 (municipal), Chapter 11 (restructuring) and Chapter 15 (cross-border) protection. Instead of imposing a $46 administrative fee on filings under all chapters of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 9, 11 and 15 filings will carry an administrative fee of $550, while the administrative fees for Chapters 7, 12 and 13 (liquidation, family farmer and consumer chapters) will increase to $75.

To file a Chapter 11 case, a debtor must pay $1,167 in addition to the administrative fee. The filing fee was increased from $1,000 in November 2012.

The Judicial Conference of the United States, in charge of administering federal courts, approved the fee increases in March.

You can find the list of bankruptcy fees, including the updates, here.

Write to Jacqueline Palank at jacqueline.palank@wsj.com. Follow her on Twitter at @PalankJ.

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