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Colusa County, California

A consumer bankruptcy case from Colusa County is filed in the Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of California.

Where a Colusa County case is filed

Sacramento Division, Eastern District of California (caeb)

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Cal. — "Before You Begin" ("Petitions from Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba counties will be assigned to the Sacramento Division")

The Eastern District of California in detail →Court source →

What it costs to file here

Chapter 7 — total court charges at filing
$338

28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(1)(A), (f)(1); Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, Item 8; Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, Item 9

Chapter 13 — total court charges at filing
$313

28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(1)(B); Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, Item 8

Court charges only. What a lawyer charges is separate and varies by district and by case. Estimate the full cost →

California median income

Median annual income, household of one
$79,253

USTP Median Family Income (2026-07-15 period)

The means test compares household income to the published median for the same household size. Being above it is not a bar to filing. Compare your household →

What California law protects

This state has opted out of the federal exemptions — the state list is the one that applies.

Homestead

  • Set by a test other than a dollar capCalifornia Article 4 homestead — annual county-median formula
  • $36,750California § 703.140(b)(1) residence interest

More than one amount is current here — which applies depends on facts a lawyer would confirm.

Vehicle

  • $8,625California § 703.140(b)(2) motor vehicles

Wildcard

  • Set by a test other than a dollar capCalifornia § 703.140(b)(5) wildcard

All California exemptions, with their statutes →

Bankruptcy lawyers serving Colusa County

No firm currently participates in Colusa County. Tell Arthur what is happening and ask to be connected — the request reaches a person either way, and nothing is shared until you say so.

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