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Bankruptcy court

Northern District of Florida

The Northern District of Florida is the federal bankruptcy court for 23 counties in Florida, divided into 4 divisions.

Divisions and counties served

A case is filed in the division that covers the filer’s county. Each assignment below comes from the court’s own order or local rule.

Gainesville Division

5 counties

N.D. Fla. LBR 1014-1(A)(4)

Panama City Division

6 counties

N.D. Fla. LBR 1014-1(A)(2)

Pensacola Division

4 counties

N.D. Fla. LBR 1014-1(A)(1)

Tallahassee Division

8 counties

N.D. Fla. LBR 1014-1(A)(3)

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How the Northern District of Florida runs a case

Practices this court sets for itself. They differ from district to district, which is why a national answer cannot supply them.

Section 341 meeting of creditors
By Zoom video

USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors

Chapter 13 plan form
This district requires its own local plan form

Bankr. N.D. Fla. Chapter 13 Plan

Chapter 13 attorney fee this court approves without a fee application
$5,000

This is the amount the court will approve without an itemised fee application, not a rate any particular firm charges.

Bankr. N.D. Fla. AO 23-006

What the Northern District of Florida publishes

Local rules and standing orders bind cases in this district in addition to the national rules. Each link goes to the court’s own copy.

Local rules

The rules this court adds on top of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. They bind every case filed here.

Showing 12 of 76 this court publishes.

Standing orders

General orders the court has entered that apply across cases rather than to one case.

Showing 12 of 54 this court publishes.

Fee schedules

What this court charges, as the court publishes it.

Related

Not yet published here

We have not collected these for this court, so this page does not show them. The court’s own site is the authority meanwhile.

  • Courthouse street addresses, filing-counter hours and clerk phone numbers
  • The trustees who serve this district

www.flnb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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