Southern District of New York — Local Bankruptcy Rules
Updated October 27, 2026
Courtwide
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Collected from an official published rule text/index; no assertion that every provision is currently operative in every case. Preserve source version, amendments, waivers, specialized-section limits and applicable later orders.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-10-27 · Source effective date 2024-09-30
Communications with chambers
(a) Duties Generally. The list of creditors and other entities required to be filed under Bankruptcy Rule 1007(a)(1), and the creditors’ matrix, must include the full name and complete mailing address, including street number or post office box, if any, and zip code. If a debt is owed to an agency or department of the United States, the list and matrix must include the name and address of the particular agency or department to which such debt is owed.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 8Filing and working copies
(3) When amending a schedule to modify an address, the filing of the amended schedule must be accompanied by a letter indicating which entity is the subject of the modification and how the address has been modified
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 9Communications with chambers
(1) A debtor not represented by an attorney must, at the time of filing the petition, file a paper document setting forth, for each creditor or other entity required to be on the list filed under Bankruptcy Rule 1007(a), the full name and complete mailing address, including street number or post office box, if any, and zip code. In addition to such paper document, the debtor must provide the list required to be filed under Bankruptcy Rule 1007(a)(1) in an electronic format (such as a USB flash drive). Reference should be made to Procedures for Filing Creditors’ List, which shall be available on the Court’s website (http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/content/procedures-filing-creditors-list).
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 9Filing and working copies
(2) When amending a schedule to add a creditor or modify a creditor’s address, the filing of the amended schedule must be accompanied by (i) a letter indicating which creditor is being added or, if modification of a creditor’s address is sought, which creditor is the subject of the modification and how the address has been modified, and (ii) payment of the applicable fee. Additionally, the debtor must serve any newly-added creditor or other entity with notice of the case and file timely proof of service in accordance with Local Bankruptcy Rule 9078-1.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 9Conferences and appearances
(e) Proposed Case Conference Order. Except in a case under subchapter V of chapter 11 and except as provided in Local Bankruptcy Rule 2007.2-1, debtor’s counsel must submit to the Court with the chapter 11 petition a proposed case conference order in the form available on the Court’s website (http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/1007- 2-e-procedures.docx). Any initial conference must be conducted approximately thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition or at such other time as the Court may direct.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 11Conferences and appearances
(f) Case Management Orders for Cases Under Subchapter V of Chapter 11. In a case under Subchapter V of Chapter 11, the Subchapter V trustee must submit to the Court a proposed Case Management Order Regarding Procedures in Chapter 11 Subchapter V Cases, Scheduling Case Conference, and Setting Deadlines for Filing Plan, in the form available on the Court website (https://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/news/new-case- management-order-chapter-11-subchapter-v-cases).
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 11Filing and working copies
The Corporate Ownership Statement required to be filed by any debtor that is a corporation with the petition under Bankruptcy Rule 1007(a)(1), must also be filed by any debtor that is a business entity of any kind irrespective of whether it is of a kind enumerated in section 101(9)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition to the information required under Bankruptcy Rule 7007.1, the statement must include the name and address of any corporation whose securities are publicly traded in which the debtor directly or indirectly owns 10% or more of any class of the corporation’s equity interests, and any general or limited partnership or joint venture in which the debtor owns an interest.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 12Filing and working copies
This rule was amended in 2024 to make clear that any entity of any kind that files a voluntary petition or that consents to an involuntary petition must provide the required evidence that the filing or consent has been authorized and the required attestation that consents have been obtained from all persons whose consents are required.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 17Conferences and appearances
Counsel for a debtor that is a “health care business” as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101(27A) must schedule with the Court a case conference to occur as soon as practicable upon the filing of the bankruptcy petition but no later than fourteen (14) days after the petition date to discuss the provisions of section 333 of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rule 2007.2. If the debtor intends to seek a finding that the appointment of a patient care ombudsman is not necessary then the Court will set a schedule for the consideration of that issue that is consistent with the deadlines set forth in section 333 and Bankruptcy Rule 2007.2. The scheduling of a conference under this Rule shall excuse counsel from the requirement under Local Bankruptcy Rule 1007-2(e) to submit an order scheduling an initial case conference.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 20Communications with chambers
(d) Pro Se Designation of Address. An individual appearing pro se must include the individual's residence address and telephone number in the individual's initial notice or pleading.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 23Conferences and appearances
(f) Exceptions. Local Bankruptcy Rule 2090-1 shall not apply to (i) the filing of a proof of claim or interest, or (ii) an appearance by a child support creditor or such creditor's representative.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 23Communications with chambers
Bankruptcy Rule 3017(a) provides that the plan and the disclosure statement shall be mailed with the notice of the hearing to the debtor, the trustee, each committee, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Trustee, and any party in interest who requests in writing a copy of the disclosure statement or plan.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 28Conferences and appearances
provided that the proposed form of final order, together with a redline marked against the interim order, shall be filed with the Court no later than three calendar days before the deadline fixed by the Court for objections to the final order.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 39Filing and working copies
(a) Payment Advices Required by Section 521(a)(1)(B)(iv). In a chapter 7, chapter 12 or chapter 13 case in which the debtor is an individual, copies of payment advices or other evidence of current income made available to the trustee under Bankruptcy Rule 4002(b)(2) shall not be filed with the Court.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 46Filing and working copies
(d) The Standing Trustee shall attach the completed Debtor’s Certification Regarding Domestic Support Obligation in Support of Discharge in a Chapter 12 or Chapter 13 when electronically filing the Notice of Request for a Discharge or, in a case in which the debtor seeks a hardship discharge, shall otherwise make it available on the docket of that case.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 47Filing and working copies
Unless otherwise posted on the Court’s website, the offices of the Clerk shall be open Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on legal and Court holidays, and shall be closed on Saturdays and Sundays. When the Clerk’s Office is closed, papers not filed electronically may be filed with the Court by depositing them in the night depository maintained by the District Clerk and are deemed filed as of the date and time stamped thereon. Any required fees for such filings shall be delivered to the Clerk’s Office no later than noon on the next business day.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 50Motion practice
Unless the Court directs otherwise, all attorneys practicing in the Court, including attorneys admitted pro hac vice, are required to file all pleadings, motions, or other documents (except documents to be placed under seal) by electronic means, and all such documents required to be signed or verified shall be signed or verified by electronic means, in each case consistent with the Procedures for the Filing, Signing, and Verification of Documents by Electronic Means issued by the Court, which shall be available on the Court’s website (http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/5005-2-procedures.pdf). If electronic filing, signing, or verification is not feasible in a particular situation, the Court may provide reasonable accommodation or excuse the requirement that documents be filed, signed, or verified by electronic means under the particular circumstances.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 51Conferences and appearances
(a) Closing the Case. In a case under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Court shall close the case when there is a presumption under Bankruptcy Rule 5009(c) that the case has been fully administered or the Court, after notice and a hearing, determines that the purpose of the foreign representative’s appearance in the chapter 15 case has been completed, whichever is earlier.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 53Conferences and appearances
Bankruptcy Rule 2015(e) requires the filing of such reports within 14 days after the foreign representative becomes aware of such information. Under Bankruptcy Rule 5009(c), the foreign representative is also required to file and transmit to the United States Trustee a final report describing the nature and results of the foreign representative’s activities in the Court when the purpose of the foreign representative’s appearance in the Court is completed, and to give notice of the report to certain parties. The foreign representative must file a certificate with the Court certifying that such notice has been given. Under Bankruptcy Rule 5009(c), if no objection has been filed within thirty (30) days after the certificate is filed, there is a presumption that the case has been fully administered. At that time, the case should be closed. However, even in the absence of a certificate, the Court has the discretion, after notice and a hearing, to close
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 53Motion practice
This rule was amended in 2013 to clarify that the Clerk now opens the motion to withdraw the reference on the District Court’s electronic filing system. The movant must obtain the District Court civil case number and name of the District Judge assigned to the motion from the Clerk.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 54Filing and working copies
(2) Filing and Access. Unless the Court orders otherwise, any appraiser employed pursuant to section 327(a) of the Bankruptcy Code must file with the Court and the United States Trustee each appraisal made of property of the estate not later than 12:00 noon on the day prior to the scheduled sale of the property. Each appraisal shall be kept under seal upon filing and treated as confidential by the Court and the United States Trustee. Access to the appraisal may be had only by the Court, the United States Trustee and such other parties as the Court may direct, and neither they nor the appraiser shall disclose any of the contents thereof until after the conclusion of the bidding at any sale of the appraised property, at which time the Court may order the appraisal to be unsealed. Unless the Court orders otherwise, the appraisal shall be unsealed six (6) months from the date on which the appraisal is filed.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 58Discovery
Except as otherwise provided in these Local Bankruptcy Rules or by Court order, transcripts of depositions, exhibits to depositions, interrogatories, answers to interrogatories, document requests, responses to document requests, requests for admissions, and responses to requests for admissions may not be filed with the Court.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 66Conferences and appearances
The Court shall schedule an initial pretrial conference in all adversary proceedings. The date and time of the initial pretrial conference shall be set forth in the summons. Subsequent pretrial conferences may be scheduled in open court or by the Clerk as provided above. If a subsequent pretrial conference is scheduled in open court, the plaintiff shall file a notice of the date and time of such pretrial conference no later than forty-eight (48) hours after it was scheduled in open court. In advance of the initial pretrial conference the parties should confer
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Source page 67Discovery
(1) In connection with any objection or request for relief with respect to interrogatories or answers to interrogatories, the party making the objection or request for relief shall (i) simultaneously with the filing of a request or moving papers, file a copy of the interrogatories or answers to interrogatories and (ii) specify and quote verbatim in the request or moving papers each relevant interrogatory or answer and, immediately following each specification, set forth the basis of the objection or relief requested.
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Source page 69Communications with chambers
(a) All pleadings, motions, and other papers that are submitted for filing, except a list, schedule, or statement, or amendments thereto, shall be signed by an attorney of record in the attorney’s own name or, if there is no attorney, all papers submitted for filing shall be signed by the party. The name of the attorney or party shall be clearly printed or typed below the signature, together with the attorney’s or party’s address and telephone number.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 85Filing and working copies
(c) Any password required for electronic filing shall be used only by the attorney to whom the password is assigned and authorized members and employees of such attorney’s firm.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 86Communications with chambers
(b) Notice. Unless the Court orders otherwise, notice of the presentment of an order pursuant to this subdivision must be filed with the Clerk and a copy must be delivered to the Judge’s chambers and served upon the debtor, the trustee, each committee, the United States Trustee, all parties who have filed a notice of appearance and request for service of documents, and all other parties in interest. The notice must comport with the notice requirements under the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules, and Local Bankruptcy Rules that relate to the type of relief being sought.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 88Communications with chambers
(a) Filing a Certificate of No Objection. If a motion or application has been filed and appropriate notice thereof has been served, and no objection, responsive pleading, or request for a hearing with respect to the motion or application has been filed or served before forty-eight (48) hours after the expiration of the time to file an objection, counsel for the moving party may file a certificate of no objection (“CNO”), with a copy to chambers, stating that no objection, responsive pleading, or request for a hearing has been filed or served on the moving party. The CNO must include the date of the filing and service of the motion or application, the deadline for filing an objection thereto, and a statement that counsel is filing the CNO not less than forty-eight (48) hours after the expiration of such deadline.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 89Motion practice
(c) Upon filing the motion to seal, the moving party must hand deliver a hard copy of the motion to seal and the unredacted documents sought to be sealed to the Clerk’s Office as well as a USB flash drive containing an electronic copy of the unredacted documents.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 93Communications with chambers
Section (c) was amended in 2024 to add that the moving party must provide the Clerk’s Office with an electronic copy of the unredacted documents in a USB flash drive. In addition to providing the Clerk’s Office with a copy of the documents pursuant subsection (c), the moving party should refer to the individual Judge’s chambers rules to provide a separate chambers copy of the sealing materials to the assigned Judge.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 93Filing and working copies
The Clerk shall enter all orders, decrees, and judgments of the Court in the electronic filing system, which shall constitute docketing of the order, decree, or judgment for all purposes. The Clerk's notation on the appropriate docket of an order, judgment, or decree shall constitute the entry of the order, judgment, or decree.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 95Motion practice
(b) Responsibility for Redaction. The responsibility for redacting personal data identifiers (as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9037) rests solely with counsel, parties in interest and non- parties. The Clerk, or claims agent if one has been appointed, will not review each document for compliance with this Rule. In the event the Clerk, or claims agent if one has been appointed, discovers that personal identifier data or information concerning a minor individual has been included in a pleading, the Clerk, or claims agent if one has been appointed, is authorized, in its sole discretion, to restrict public access to the document in issue and inform the filer of the requirement to file a motion to redact.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 98Motion practice
(c) Motion to Redact Personal Identifiers. Notwithstanding the requirements of Bankruptcy Rule 9037, a party seeking to redact personal identifiers from a document or a proof of claim, already filed with the court, must file a motion to redact the personal identifiers, in accordance with CM/ECF procedures, that identifies the proposed document for redaction by docket number or if applicable, by claim number. If a party seeks to redact documents filed in multiple cases, such as proofs of claim, the party must open a miscellaneous proceeding by filing a motion to redact with a list of all affected cases and/or documents, subject to fees in accordance with the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule. Prior to filing the motion to redact, the party must contact the Clerk’s Office to request that the Clerk’s Office restrict the original image containing the personal data identifiers from public view on the docket.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 98Motion practice
(d) Notice. The filer must include a certificate of service at the time the motion to redact is filed, showing service to the following recipients: the debtor, anyone whose personal information has been disclosed, the case trustee (if any) and the United States Trustee.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 98Motion practice
(e) Filing of Correctly Redacted Document or Claim. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, the party seeking redaction must file a correctly redacted document or proof of claim within twenty-one days of the granting of the motion.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 98Motion practice
(f) Filing Motions to Redact in Closed Cases. The granting of a motion to redact in a closed case is ministerial in nature and does not impact the administration of the case. For that reason, a party seeking redaction in a closed case does not need to file a motion to reopen the case, and no fee for reopening shall be collected by the Clerk. A party seeking redaction may instead just file a motion to redact, with the proposed redaction included in the motion, and the case will remain closed.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 98Motion practice
(g) Redaction Fee. In accordance with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, the party filing a motion to redact personal identifiers from a document or proof of claim must pay a fee for filing such motion to redact in each case.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 98Motion practice
The fee for filing a motion to redact does not apply to transcripts. Pursuant to the Judicial Conference Policy, attorneys or any other entity requesting the redaction of personal identifiers on a transcript must file a Notice of Intent to Request Redaction. The procedures for redacting transcripts are available on the court’s website.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 99Communications with chambers
Unless the Court directs otherwise, a copy of all complaints, answers, motions, applications, objections, and responses to any of the foregoing filed with the Court, other than proofs of claim, must be marked “Chambers Copy” and delivered or mailed to the Clerk’s office located in the division in which the assigned Judge sits on the same day as the papers are filed with the Clerk or, if filed electronically, not later than the next day.
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
Source page 99Communications with chambers
(b) Ex Parte Orders. No ex parte order in an adversary proceeding or contested matter shall be granted unless it is based upon an affidavit or motion showing cause for ex parte
SDNY Bankruptcy Court proceedings only; chapter-specific limits remain applicable.
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