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Bankruptcy court

Southern District of Iowa

The Southern District of Iowa is the federal bankruptcy court for 47 counties in Iowa, divided into 3 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.

Council Bluffs Division

9 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Iowa — Divisional Map by Counties (Western Division / Council Bluffs)

Davenport Division

10 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Iowa — Divisional Map by Counties (Eastern Division / Davenport)

Des Moines Division

28 counties

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Iowa — Divisional Map by Counties (Central Division / Des Moines)

Every Iowa county and its court →

How the Southern 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

What the Southern 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.

Standing orders

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

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.iasb.uscourts.gov — the court’s own site →

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