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Bankruptcy court

Northern District of Iowa

The Northern District of Iowa is the federal bankruptcy court for 52 counties in Iowa, 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.

Cedar Rapids Division

7 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa — Cedar Rapids Division, Counties Served

Dubuque Division

4 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa — Dubuque Division, Counties Served

Fort Dodge Division

10 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa — Fort Dodge Division, Counties Served

Mason City Division

8 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa — Mason City Division, Counties Served

Sioux City Division

14 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa — Sioux City Division, Counties Served

Waterloo Division

9 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Iowa — Waterloo Division, Counties Served

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How the Northern District of Iowa 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 attorney fee this court approves without a fee application
$5,300

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

Bankr. N.D. Iowa Order 26-03

What the Northern District of Iowa 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 78 this court publishes.

Standing orders

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

Showing 12 of 21 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.ianb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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