Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 28 : Section 1930


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1930. Bankruptcy fees

      (a) Notwithstanding section 1915 of this title, the parties
    commencing a case under title 11 shall pay to the clerk of the
    district court or the clerk of the bankruptcy court, if one has
    been certified pursuant to section 156(b) of this title, the
    following filing fees:
        (1) For a case commenced under chapter 7 or 13 of title 11,
      $155.
        (2) For a case commenced under chapter 9 of title 11, equal to
      the fee specified in paragraph (3) for filing a case under
      chapter 11 of title 11. The amount by which the fee payable under
      this paragraph exceeds $300 shall be deposited in the fund
      established under section 1931 of this title.
        (3) For a case commenced under chapter 11 of title 11 that does
      not concern a railroad, as defined in section 101 of title 11,
      $800.
        (4) For a case commenced under chapter 11 of title 11
      concerning a railroad, as so defined, $1,000.
        (5) For a case commenced under chapter 12 of title 11, $200.
        (6) In addition to the filing fee paid to the clerk, a
      quarterly fee shall be paid to the United States trustee, for
      deposit in the Treasury, in each case under chapter 11 of title
      11 for each quarter (including any fraction thereof) until the
      case is converted or dismissed, whichever occurs first. The fee
      shall be $250 for each quarter in which disbursements total less
      than $15,000; $500 for each quarter in which disbursements total
      $15,000 or more but less than $75,000; $750 for each quarter in
      which disbursements total $75,000 or more but less than $150,000;
      $1,250 for each quarter in which disbursements total $150,000 or
      more but less than $225,000; $1,500 for each quarter in which
      disbursements total $225,000 or more but less than $300,000;
      $3,750 for each quarter in which disbursements total $300,000 or
      more but less than $1,000,000; $5,000 for each quarter in which
      disbursements total $1,000,000 or more but less than $2,000,000;
      $7,500 for each quarter in which disbursements total $2,000,000
      or more but less than $3,000,000; $8,000 for each quarter in
      which disbursements total $3,000,000 or more but less than
      $5,000,000; $10,000 for each quarter in which disbursements total
      $5,000,000 or more. The fee shall be payable on the last day of
      the calendar month following the calendar quarter for which the
      fee is owed.
        (7) In districts that are not part of a United States trustee
      region as defined in section 581 of this title, the Judicial
      Conference of the United States may require the debtor in a case
      under chapter 11 of title 11 to pay fees equal to those imposed
      by paragraph (6) of this subsection. Such fees shall be deposited
      as offsetting receipts to the fund established under section 1931
      of this title and shall remain available until expended.

    An individual commencing a voluntary case or a joint case under
    title 11 may pay such fee in installments. For converting, on
    request of the debtor, a case under chapter 7, or 13 of title 11,
    to a case under chapter 11 of title 11, the debtor shall pay to the
    clerk of the district court or the clerk of the bankruptcy court,
    if one has been certified pursuant to section 156(b) of this title,
    a fee of the amount equal to the difference between the fee
    specified in paragraph (3) and the fee specified in paragraph (1).
      (b) The Judicial Conference of the United States may prescribe
    additional fees in cases under title 11 of the same kind as the
    Judicial Conference prescribes under section 1914(b) of this title.
      (c) Upon the filing of any separate or joint notice of appeal or
    application for appeal or upon the receipt of any order allowing,
    or notice of the allowance of, an appeal or a writ of certiorari $5
    shall be paid to the clerk of the court, by the appellant or
    petitioner.
      (d) Whenever any case or proceeding is dismissed in any
    bankruptcy court for want of jurisdiction, such court may order the
    payment of just costs.
      (e) The clerk of the court may collect only the fees prescribed
    under this section.



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