Bankruptcy court
Southern District of Illinois
The Southern District of Illinois is the federal bankruptcy court for 38 counties in Illinois, divided into 2 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.
Benton Division
31 counties
- Alexander County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Edwards County
- Effingham County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Gallatin County
- Hamilton County
- Hardin County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Massac County
- Perry County
- Pope County
- Pulaski County
- Randolph County
- Richland County
- Saline County
- Union County
- Wabash County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- White County
- Williamson County
East St. Louis Division
7 counties
How the Southern District of Illinois 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
- Chapter 13 plan form
- This district requires its own local plan form
USTP Instructions for Joining a Zoom § 341(a) Meeting of Creditors
What the Southern District of Illinois 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.
- 2015
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1001
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1002-1
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1002-2
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1003
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1006
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1007-1
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1007-2
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1007-3
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1007-4
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1009
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- S.D. Ill. LBR 1015
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Standing orders
General orders the court has entered that apply across cases rather than to one case.
- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 13-1 — Supplemental Schedules I and J
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 13-2 — Amended Schedules
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 13-3 — Amended Schedules Effective-Date Amendment
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 14-1 — Administration of Chapter 13 Cases and Trustee Fees
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 14-2 — Motions to Redact or Restrict Access
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 16-1 — Notice of Proofs of Claim to Unrepresented Debtors
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 17-1 — Striking Local Rule 1006(A)
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 18-1 — Vacating General Order 17-2
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 18-2 — Involuntary Petitions Commenced by Non-Attorneys
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 19-2 — Real Estate Taxes Through Chapter 13 Plans
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 20-2 — Proof-of-Claim Deadlines in Subchapter V Cases
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- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official order — General Order 22-1 — Vacating Temporary General Order 20-3
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Fee schedules
What this court charges, as the court publishes it.
- Bankr. S.D. Ill. official page — Filing Fees
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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
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