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, or Money Order. All funds must be made payable to “Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court.” Payments must be made to the Clerk of Court at 1100 Laurel Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. 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.

Summary of Fees

• Schedule of Fees

  New Case*	Fee
  Chapter 7	$ 338.00
  Chapter 9	$ 1,738.00
  Chapter 11	$ 1,738.00
  Chapter 11 (Railroad)	$ 1,571.00
  Chapter 12	$ 278.00
  Chapter 13	$ 313.00
  Chapter 15	$ 1,738.00
  Amendments	Fee
  Amendments adding creditors to Schedules D, E, or F, list of creditors, or mailing list	$ 34.00
  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	$ 338.00
  Chapter 11	$ 1,738.00
  Chapter 12	$ 278.00
  Chapter 13	$ 313.00
  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	$ 199.00
  Motion to Compel Abandonment of Property	$ 199.00
  Motion to Sell under § 363(f)	$ 199.00
  Motion to Withdraw a Reference	$ 199.00
  Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Check made payable to U.S. Dist. Court)	$ 350.00
  Motion to Restrict Public Access/Redact	$ 28.00
  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	$ 307.00
  Adversary Proceedings	Fee
  New Complaint	$ 350.00
  Court Records	Fee
  Archive File Retrieval (first box)	$ 70.00
  Archive File Retrieval (per box after first box)	$ 43.00
  Certification Fee (per document)	$ 12.00
  Copy of Audio Record of a Proceeding	$ 34.00
  Copy of documents (per page)	$ 0.50
  Copy of documents printed from a public terminal (per page)	$ 0.10
  Copy of an electronic record stored outside of CM/ECF	$ 33.00
  Exemplification Fee (per document)	$ 24.00
  Record Search (per name or item)	$ 34.00
  Other	Fee
  Fee for Any Payment Returned or Denied for Insufficient Funds	$ 53.00
  Transfer Claim	$ 28.00
  Filing or indexing any document not related to a pending case or proceeding	$ 49.00

  * 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	$ 95.00	$ 80.00	$ 80.00	$ 83.00	$ 338.00
  Chapter 13	$ 100.00	$70.00	$ 70.00	$ 73.00	$ 313.00
  Chapter 11 (Non-Railroad)	$667.00	$350.00	$ 350.00	$ 371.00	$ 1738.00
  Chapter 12	$125.00	$50.00	$ 50.00	$ 53.00	$ 278.00

• Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule (pdf)
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• Online Payments for Unrepresented Parties