Bankruptcy court
Eastern District of Missouri
The Eastern District of Missouri is the federal bankruptcy court for 49 counties in Missouri, 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.
Cape Girardeau Division
18 counties
Hannibal Division
17 counties
St. Louis Division
14 counties
How the Eastern District of Missouri 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 Eastern District of Missouri 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.
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1001
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1002
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1006
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1007-1
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1007-2
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1007-3
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1007-4
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1007-5
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1007-6
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1007-7
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1007-8
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. L.R. 1009
captured 2026-07-22
Showing 12 of 108 this court publishes.
Standing orders
General orders the court has entered that apply across cases rather than to one case.
- E.D. Mo. Business Order Adopting Revised Interim Rule 1007-I
captured 2026-07-22
- E.D. Mo. Standing Order — Photo Identification Policy
captured 2026-07-22
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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