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Bankruptcy court

Western District of Missouri

The Western District of Missouri is the federal bankruptcy court for 66 counties in Missouri, divided into 5 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.

Jefferson City Division

13 counties

28 U.S.C. § 105(b)(1) (Central Division)

Joplin Division

8 counties

28 U.S.C. § 105(b)(1) (Southwestern Division)

Kansas City Division

11 counties

28 U.S.C. § 105(b)(1) (Western Division)

Springfield Division

16 counties

28 U.S.C. § 105(b)(1) (Southern Division)

St. Joseph Division

18 counties

28 U.S.C. § 105(b)(1) (St. Joseph Division)

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How the Western 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

Ongoing mortgage payments in Chapter 13
Paid through the trustee (conduit)

W.D. Mo. LBR 3070-1

What the Western 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.

Showing 12 of 98 this court publishes.

Standing orders

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

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

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