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Bankruptcy court

Southern District of Georgia

The Southern District of Georgia is the federal bankruptcy court for 43 counties in Georgia, divided into 6 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.

Augusta Division

10 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Georgia, "Divisions, Counties Served and Case Numbers" — Augusta (1): Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes and Jefferson.

Brunswick Division

7 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Georgia, "Divisions, Counties Served and Case Numbers" — Brunswick (2): Appling, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Long, McIntosh and Wayne.

Dublin Division

7 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Georgia, "Divisions, Counties Served and Case Numbers" — Dublin (3): Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen and Wheeler.

Savannah Division

4 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Georgia, "Divisions, Counties Served and Case Numbers" — Savannah (4): Bryan, Chatham, Effingham and Liberty.

Statesboro Division

8 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Georgia, "Divisions, Counties Served and Case Numbers" — Statesboro (6): Bulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall, and Toombs.

Waycross Division

7 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Georgia, "Divisions, Counties Served and Case Numbers" — Waycross (5): Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce and Ware.

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How the Southern District of Georgia 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. S.D. Ga. official local form — Chapter 13 Plan & Motion [Effective Dec. 2017]

Chapter 13 attorney fee this court approves without a fee application
$4,500

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

Bankr. S.D. Ga. official order — General Order 2017-2

What the Southern District of Georgia 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 31 this court publishes.

Standing orders

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

Showing 12 of 37 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.gasb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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