Complaint
Exception – If the trustee or debtor-in-possession files the complaint, the fee must be paid only by the estate, to the extent there is an estate.

Exceptions to the Fee:

• No Fee is due for Complaints filed by Debtors under section 1141(d) of the code.
• No fee is due from the United States.
• No fee is due when either a debtor in possession acting for the benefit of an Individual debtor.
• No fee is due for Complaints in Chapter 11 Cases filed by debtors in possession under section 1141(d) of the Code.
• No fee is due from child support creditors. If a child support creditor or its representative is the plaintiff and files the form required by § 304(g) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, no fee is required.

Amendment to Debtor's Schedule of Creditors, List of Creditors or Mailing List

Exceptions

• The bankruptcy judge may, for good cause, waive the charge in any case.
• No fee is due to change the address of a listed creditor.
• No fee is due to add the name and address of an attorney for a creditor already listed on the original schedules, so that the attorney can receive copies of notices.
• No fee is due when a debtor files a Schedule of Post-Petition Debts after converting from
  Chapter 13, 12, or 11 to Chapter 7.
• No fee is due when debtors either amend their schedules or file new schedules because a joint husband and wife case splits.

Notice of Appeal/Cross Appeal
(The clerk must collect both a notice of appeal fee of $5, and a filing fee of $293)

Exemptions

• No fee is due when the United States is the appellant. When the United States trustee is acting as trustee in a case, however, the clerk must collect the appellate docketing fee and the cross appeal docketing fee.
• No fee is due if the appellant is a child support creditor or its representative who has filed the form required by §304(g) of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994.

Exception - Fees for appeals and cross-appeals by bankruptcy trustees and debtors in possession are payable only from the estate, and only to the extent there is an estate. This exception applies only to the $293 fee required by the Bankruptcy Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, and has no effect on the $5 notice of appeal fee under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(c).

• If a trustee or debtor-in-possession is the appellant, the fee must be payable only from the estate and to the extent there is an estate.
• Parties filing a joint notice of appeal should pay only one fee.

Motion for Leave to Appeal

If a party files a motion for leave to appeal with the notice of appeal, the clerk must collect only the $5 fee for filing the notice of appeal. The clerk will collect the $293 docketing fee when the court grants the motion for leave to appeal.

Direct Appeal

Upon notice from the court of appeals that a direct appeal or direct cross-appeal has been authorized; an additional fee must be collected.

Record Retrieval Fee (Federal Records Center)

• For retrieval of one box of records
• For retrieval involving multiple boxes (each additional box)
• For electronic retrievals

$70
$43
$11

Combined Motion for Relief from Automatic Stay and to Compel the Trustee to Abandon Property
A party may combine a motion for relief from the automatic stay with a motion to compel the trustee to abandon property of the estate and pay a single fee. No fee is due for a combined agreed motion for relief from the stay and to abandon property.

Exemptions for Certain Motions to Modify the Automatic Stay

• No fee is due to file a motion for relief from the codebtor stay under 11 U.S.C. §§ 1201 and 1301.
• No fee is due to file a motion for court approval of an agreement to any type of relief from the automatic stay.
• No fee is due to file a motion for relief from the automatic stay by a child support creditor, or representative of a child support creditor if they file the required form.

The clerk must collect a fee equal to the filing fee for the chapter under which the case was pending as of the date the party files the request.
The reopening fee must be charged when a case has been closed without a discharge being entered.

The reopening fee must not be charged if:

• A party files a complaint to obtain a determination under Rule 4007(b).
• Debtor files a motion to reopen a case based upon an alleged violation of the terms of the discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 524.
• The reopening is to correct an administrative error.
• Redaction is the only purpose for reopening.
• Motion for unclaimed funds.