Bankruptcy Court South Carolina Court Fees

Court Fees

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Payment of Fees. 28 U.S.C § 1930 and related statutes prescribe the filing fees for petitions and other bankruptcy related fees. All fees shall be in the form of cash (exact amount only), a certified check, United States Postal Money Order, or a credit card (excluding debtors). All funds must be made payable to “Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court.” The Clerk's Office does not accept personal checks from debtors. Attorneys and other parties may also make payment by check subject to the Court's policy on electronic funds transfer for payments made by personal check.

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Summary of Fees

Schedule of Fees

New Case*	Fee
Chapter 7	$ 306.00
Chapter 9	$ 1,213.00
Chapter 11	$ 1,213.00
Chapter 11 (Railroad)	$ 1,046.00
Chapter 12	$ 246.00
Chapter 13	$ 281.00
Chapter 15	$ 1,213.00
Amendments	Fee
Amendments adding creditors to Schedules D, E, or F, list of creditors, or mailing list	$ 30.00
Case Reopening	Fee
Chapter 7	$ 260.00
Chapter 9	$ 1,167.00
Chapter 11	$ 1,167.00
Chapter 12	$ 200.00
Chapter 13	$ 235.00
Chapter 15	$ 1,167.00
Dividing a Joint Case	Fee
Chapter 7	$ 306.00
Chapter 11	$ 1,213.00
Chapter 12	$ 246.00
Chapter 13	$ 281.00
Case Conversion (Motion or Notice)	Fee
Chapter 7 to 11	$ 922.00
Chapter 7 to 13	No Fee
Chapter 11 to 7	$ 15.00
Chapter 12 to 7	$ 60.00
Chapter 13 to 7	$ 25.00
Chapter 13 to 11	$ 932.00
Motions	Fee
Motions to Terminate, Vacate, Annul, Modify, or Condition the Automatic Stay	$ 176.00
Motion to Compel Abandonment of Property	$ 176.00
Motion to Withdraw a Reference	$ 176.00
Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Check made payable to U.S. Dist. Court)	$ 250.00
Appeals	Fee
Appeals or Cross Appeals to the U.S. District Court	$ 298.00
Direct Appeal or Cross Appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals	$ 298.00
Additional Fee Due if Direct Appeal to the Fourth Circuit is Authorized	$ 157.00
Adversary Proceedings	Fee
New Complaint	$ 293.00
Court Records	Fee
Archive File Retrieval	$ 53.00
Certification Fee (per document)	$ 11.00
Copy of Audio Record of a Proceeding	$ 30.00
Copy of documents (per page)	$ 0.50
Copy of documents printed from a public terminal (per page)	$ 0.10
Exemplification Fee (per document)	$ 21.00
Record Search (per name or item)	$ 30.00
Other	Fee
Returned Check Fee	$ 53.00
Transfer Claim	$ 25.00
Filing or indexing any document not related to a pending case or proceeding	$ 46.00

* Individuals may be allowed to pay the initial filing fee in installments upon application and approval of the Court.

Schedule of Installment Fees

Chapter	Minimum at Filing	Month 1	Month 2	Month 3	Total Fee
Chapter 7	$ 96.00	$ 70.00	$ 70.00	$ 70.00	$ 306.00
Chapter 13	$ 81.00	$70.00	$ 70.00	$ 60.00	$ 281.00
Chapter 11 (Non-Railroad)	$513.00	$250.00	$ 250.00	$ 200.00	$ 1,213.00
Chapter 12	$121.00	$50.00	$ 50.00	$ 25.00	$ 246.00

Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule (pdf)

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